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 (baʕūḍ), نَامُوس (nāmūs), (Iraq) بَقّ (baqq), (Syria) قِرْقِس (qirqis), خَمُوش (ḵamūš)

Declension

Declension of noun بَرْغَش (barḡaš)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	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)
Singulative	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
Paucal (3-10)	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, 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 (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 82