برغث
بُرْغُوثٌ, (
S,
K,) also,
accord. to Es-Suyootee, with fet-h 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. 165, 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: (
K:) [a
coll. gen. n.:
n. un. with ة:]
pl. بَرَاغِيثُ. (
S.)
