برغوث

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *purḡūṯ- (“flea”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bur.ɣuːθ/
Rhymes: -uːθ

Noun

بُرْغُوث • (burḡūṯ) m (plural بَرَاغِيث (barāḡīṯ))

flea

Declension

Declension of noun **بُرْغُوث** (burḡūṯ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	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
plural	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 (ʔakalūnī 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^[1] (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^[2] (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 with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “برغوث”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 82