برغوث

Arabic

بُرْغُوث

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *purḡūṯ- (“flea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bur.ɣuːθ/

Noun

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

1. 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 (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