Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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بُرْغُوثٌ / بُرْغُوثَةٌ

بُرْغُوثٌ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) also, accord. to Es-Suyootee, with fet-ḥ and with kesr to the first letter, and Dmr says the like; [so that it is app. written also بَرْغُوثٌ, as it is commonly pronounced by the vulgar, though it is generally said that there is no word of this measure except صَعْفُوق; and بِرْغَوْثٌ, like بِرْذَوْنٌ, for there is no word of the measure فِعْلُولٌ;] but each of these two forms requires proof; (MF;) [like the Hebr. בַּרְעש, which, accord. to Gesenius, is undoubtedly from an Æthiopic root signifying “to spring,” “to dance;” The flea;] a certain insect (دُوَيْبَّة), resembling the حُرْقُوص; (TA;) well known: (Ḳ:) [a coll. gen. n.: n. un. with ة {بُرْغُوثَةٌ}:] pl. بَرَاغِيثُ. (Ṣ.)


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