برغش
Arabic
Etymology
Unknown, explained as a doublet of بُرْغُوث (burḡūṯ) from a variant *purḡūś- of Proto-Semitic *purḡūṯ- (“flea”). However it may also be from a lost Aramaic word comparing the formation of بَرْغَز (barḡaz, “young of a cow”) and بَزْر (bazr, “seed”). Alternatively, from Proto-Mongolic *bargagusun (“gnat, mosquito”), Kalmyk борһусн (borğusn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bar.ɣaʃ/
Noun
بَرْغَش • (barḡaš) m (collective, singulative بَرْغَشَة f (barḡaša))
- any Nematocera insect: crane flies, gnats, mosquitoes
- Synonyms: بَعُوض (baʿūḍ), (Iraq) بَقّ (baqq), (Syria) قِرْقِس (qirqis), (Syria) جِرْجِس (jirjis), نَامُوس (nāmūs), خَمُوش (ḵamūš)
Declension
Declension of noun بَرْغَش (barḡaš)
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَرْغَش barḡaš | الْبَرْغَش al-barḡaš | بَرْغَش barḡaš |
| Nominative | بَرْغَشٌ barḡašun | الْبَرْغَشُ al-barḡašu | بَرْغَشُ barḡašu |
| Accusative | بَرْغَشًا barḡašan | الْبَرْغَشَ al-barḡaša | بَرْغَشَ barḡaša |
| Genitive | بَرْغَشٍ barḡašin | الْبَرْغَشِ al-barḡaši | بَرْغَشِ barḡaši |
| Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَرْغَشَة barḡaša | الْبَرْغَشَة al-barḡaša | بَرْغَشَة barḡašat |
| Nominative | بَرْغَشَةٌ barḡašatun | الْبَرْغَشَةُ al-barḡašatu | بَرْغَشَةُ barḡašatu |
| Accusative | بَرْغَشَةً barḡašatan | الْبَرْغَشَةَ al-barḡašata | بَرْغَشَةَ barḡašata |
| Genitive | بَرْغَشَةٍ barḡašatin | الْبَرْغَشَةِ al-barḡašati | بَرْغَشَةِ barḡašati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | بَرْغَشَتَيْن barḡašatayn | الْبَرْغَشَتَيْن al-barḡašatayn | بَرْغَشَتَيْ barḡašatay |
| Nominative | بَرْغَشَتَانِ barḡašatāni | الْبَرْغَشَتَانِ al-barḡašatāni | بَرْغَشَتَا barḡašatā |
| Accusative | بَرْغَشَتَيْنِ barḡašatayni | الْبَرْغَشَتَيْنِ al-barḡašatayni | بَرْغَشَتَيْ barḡašatay |
| Genitive | بَرْغَشَتَيْنِ barḡašatayni | الْبَرْغَشَتَيْنِ al-barḡašatayni | بَرْغَشَتَيْ barḡašatay |
| Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَرْغَشَات barḡašāt | الْبَرْغَشَات al-barḡašāt | بَرْغَشَات barḡašāt |
| Nominative | بَرْغَشَاتٌ barḡašātun | الْبَرْغَشَاتُ al-barḡašātu | بَرْغَشَاتُ barḡašātu |
| Accusative | بَرْغَشَاتٍ barḡašātin | الْبَرْغَشَاتِ al-barḡašāti | بَرْغَشَاتِ barḡašāti |
| Genitive | بَرْغَشَاتٍ barḡašātin | الْبَرْغَشَاتِ al-barḡašāti | بَرْغَشَاتِ barḡašāti |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “برغش”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 110
- Knüppel, Michael (2007), “Entomologisches bei S. M. Širokogorov”, in Central Asiatic Journal (in German), volume 51, issue 1, page 31 Nr. 37
- Militarev, Alexander; Kogan, Leonid (2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, page 247
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “برغش”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 82