קְרַץ

[קְרַץ] noun [masculine] piece (ᵑ7; see Biblical Hebrew קרץ); — plural suffix קַרְצ֫וֺהִי Dan 6,25, צֵיהוֺן- Dan 3,8, both in phrase ׳אֲכַ֫לוּ ק, i.e. accuse maliciously (so ᵑ7 Syriac PS³⁷⁵⁶ (compare Old Aramaic ׳אמר כרצי פ Lzb²⁹⁹ SAC⁶⁶ Cooke^{205 f.}; כרץ also Mandean), probably borrowed from Assyrian karƒe akâlu, malign, slander (often; also Tel Amarna); compare also u‡tarrizu Hamm^{Law 161}; further Arabic id., and kindred phrase; Ethiopic Di⁴⁸⁹).