برغوث
Arabic
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بُرْغُوث
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *purḡūṯ- (“flea”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bur.ɣuːθ/
Noun
بُرْغُوث • (burḡūṯ) m (plural بَرَاغِيث (barāḡīṯ))
- flea
Declension
Declension of noun بُرْغُوث (burḡūṯ)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بُرْغُوث burḡūṯ | الْبُرْغُوث al-burḡūṯ | بُرْغُوث burḡūṯ |
| Nominative | بُرْغُوثٌ burḡūṯun | الْبُرْغُوثُ al-burḡūṯu | بُرْغُوثُ burḡūṯu |
| Accusative | بُرْغُوثًا burḡūṯan | الْبُرْغُوثَ al-burḡūṯa | بُرْغُوثَ burḡūṯa |
| Genitive | بُرْغُوثٍ burḡūṯin | الْبُرْغُوثِ al-burḡūṯi | بُرْغُوثِ burḡūṯi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | بُرْغُوثَيْن burḡūṯayn | الْبُرْغُوثَيْن al-burḡūṯayn | بُرْغُوثَيْ burḡūṯay |
| Nominative | بُرْغُوثَانِ burḡūṯāni | الْبُرْغُوثَانِ al-burḡūṯāni | بُرْغُوثَا burḡūṯā |
| Accusative | بُرْغُوثَيْنِ burḡūṯayni | الْبُرْغُوثَيْنِ al-burḡūṯayni | بُرْغُوثَيْ burḡūṯay |
| Genitive | بُرْغُوثَيْنِ burḡūṯayni | الْبُرْغُوثَيْنِ al-burḡūṯayni | بُرْغُوثَيْ burḡūṯay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَرَاغِيث barāḡīṯ | الْبَرَاغِيث al-barāḡīṯ | بَرَاغِيث barāḡīṯ |
| Nominative | بَرَاغِيثُ barāḡīṯu | الْبَرَاغِيثُ al-barāḡīṯu | بَرَاغِيثُ barāḡīṯu |
| Accusative | بَرَاغِيثَ barāḡīṯa | الْبَرَاغِيثَ al-barāḡīṯa | بَرَاغِيثَ barāḡīṯa |
| Genitive | بَرَاغِيثَ barāḡīṯa | الْبَرَاغِيثِ al-barāḡīṯi | بَرَاغِيثِ barāḡīṯi |
Derived terms
- أَكَلُونِي الْبَرَاغِيث (ʾakalūnī l-barāḡīṯ)
Descendants
- Gulf Arabic: برغوث (barḡūṯ)
- Maltese: bergħud
- Moroccan Arabic: برغوت (barḡūt)
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “برغوث”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 73
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “برغوث”, 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
- Kogan, Leonid (2011), “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 212
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “برغوث”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 82