بق

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Frekwensie

From Proto-Semitic *baḳḳ- (“gnat”), ultimately stemming from Proto-Afroasiatic *ba(n)ḳ- (“troublesome insect”), with cognates in West Chadic, Fyer ḅakyáà-ŋ (“scorpion”), and to Cushitic, Hadiyya benḳ-aččo (“tick”). Uncertain if cognate to or continuing Aramaic בָּקָּא / ܒܳܩܳܐ (bāqā, baqqā, “gnat”), already found in lexical list ḪAR-ra=ḫubullu as Akkadian 𒁀𒀝𒄣 (ba-aq-qu /⁠baqqu, bāqu⁠/, “gnat”), also in diminutive forms 𒁍𒂵𒆪𒌝 (bu-qa-qu-um /⁠buqāqu⁠/), and 𒁀𒀝𒁀𒀝𒄣 (ba-aq-ba-aq-qu /⁠baqbaqqu⁠/); possibly inherited separately if Harsusi beqqét and beqáyt (“bug”) are not borrowed from Arabic, but attest a Modern South Arabian form.