שרץ

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־ר־ץ‎ (š-r-ṣ)

Verb

שָׁרַץ • (sharáts) (pa'al construction)

to wriggle, that is, (by implication) swarm; to creep
to infest

Noun

שֶׁרֶץ • (shérets) m (plural indefinite שְׁרָצִים‎) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

bug, creepy-crawly
small unkosher edible animals

References

H8317 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew שֶׁרֶץ‎ (shérets).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛʁət͡s/

Noun

שרץ • (sherets) m, plural שרצים‎ (shrotsem)

reptile, worm, crawling animal
bug, creepy-crawly

Derived terms

פֿאַרשרצן‎ (farsheretsn, “to infest”)

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