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البرغوث

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the flea, a small, biting insect. It also extends to describe a specific color.

Derived headwords

البَرغوثnoun
  1. 1.
    fleaboth

    A small, wingless, parasitic insect that lives on the blood of mammals and birds.

  2. 2.
    bedbugclassical

    A small, wingless, blood-sucking insect that lives in houses and bites people at night.

البَرغَثةnoun
  1. 1.
    colorclassical

    A color resembling the color of algae or a dark, murky hue.

Parallel reading

البَرغوث بالضم: م
The flea, with dammah, is a well-known insect.
ود بالروم
And it is also known in Rome.
والبرغثة: لون كالطحلة
And al-barghathah is a color like algae.