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PCS
*ḳarṣ- - kind of harmful insect; mosquito
(SED II No. 138)
Likely related to PS verbal root *ḳrṣ ‘to sting, to nibble’
Words
Hebrew
ḳäräṣ
- a disturbing insect
(HALOT 1148)
Arabic
qāriṣ-
- a kind of biting insect
(BK 1 658, Fr. I l l 425, Lane 2514, TA 18 88)
Mehri
ḳərōṣ
- mosquito, bug
(ML 236)
Jibbali
ḳérɔ́ṣ
- bugs, tiny nocturnal flying insects that fly in swarms and sting
(JL 150)
Harsusi
ḳerūṣ
- biting insects, bugs
(HL 77)