H7170. qerats
[קְרַץ] noun [masculine] piece (ᵑ7; see Biblical Hebrew קרץ); — plural suffix קַרְצ֫וֺהִי [Dan 6:25], צֵיהוֺן- [3:8], both in phrase ק ׳אֲכַ֫לוּ, i.e. accuse maliciously (so ᵑ7 Syriac PS3756 (compare Old Aramaic פ כרצי ׳אמר Lzb299 SAC66 Cooke205f.; כרץ also Mandean), probably borrowed from Assyrian karƒe akâlu, malign, slander (often; also Tel Amarna); compare also u‡tarrizu HammLaw 161; further Arabic id., and kindred phrase; Ethiopic Di489).