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))

1. any Nematocera insect: crane flies, gnats, mosquitoes

   Synonyms: بَعُوض (baʕūḍ), نَامُوس (nāmūs), (Iraq) بَقّ (baqq), (Syria) قِرْقِس (qirqis), 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^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 110
• Knüppel, Michael (2007) “Entomologisches bei S. M. Širokogorov”, in Central Asiatic Journal‎^[2] (in German), volume 51, number 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 with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “برغش”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 82