أقل

See also: اقل‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Elative of قَلِيل‎ (qalīl, “few; little; sparse; rare”), from the root ق ل ل‎ (q-l-l).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

أَقَلّ • (ʔaqall)

elative degree of قَلِيل‎ (qalīl):
1. fewer, less; fewest, least
2. sparser; sparsest
3. rarer; rarest

Declension

Declension of adjective أَقَلّ (ʔaqall)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَقَلّ ʔaqall	الْأَقَلّ‎ al-ʔaqall	قُلَّى‎ qullā	الْقُلَّى‎ al-qullā
Nominative	أَقَلُّ ʔaqallu	الْأَقَلُّ‎ al-ʔaqallu	قُلَّى‎ qullā	الْقُلَّى‎ al-qullā
Accusative	أَقَلَّ ʔaqalla	الْأَقَلَّ‎ al-ʔaqalla	قُلَّى‎ qullā	الْقُلَّى‎ al-qullā
Genitive	أَقَلَّ ʔaqalla	الْأَقَلِّ‎ al-ʔaqalli	قُلَّى‎ qullā	الْقُلَّى‎ al-qullā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَقَلَّيْن‎ ʔaqallayn	الْأَقَلَّيْن‎ al-ʔaqallayn	قُلَّيَيْن‎ qullayayn	الْقُلَّيَيْن‎ al-qullayayn
Nominative	أَقَلَّانِ‎ ʔaqallāni	الْأَقَلَّانِ‎ al-ʔaqallāni	قُلَّيَانِ‎ qullayāni	الْقُلَّيَانِ‎ al-qullayāni
Accusative	أَقَلَّيْنِ‎ ʔaqallayni	الْأَقَلَّيْنِ‎ al-ʔaqallayni	قُلَّيَيْنِ‎ qullayayni	الْقُلَّيَيْنِ‎ al-qullayayni
Genitive	أَقَلَّيْنِ‎ ʔaqallayni	الْأَقَلَّيْنِ‎ al-ʔaqallayni	قُلَّيَيْنِ‎ qullayayni	الْقُلَّيَيْنِ‎ al-qullayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَقَالّ‎ ʔaqāll	الْأَقَالّ‎ al-ʔaqāll	قُلَّيَات‎ qullayāt	الْقُلَّيَات‎ al-qullayāt
Nominative	أَقَالُّ‎ ʔaqāllu	الْأَقَالُّ‎ al-ʔaqāllu	قُلَّيَاتٌ‎ qullayātun	الْقُلَّيَاتُ‎ al-qullayātu
Accusative	أَقَالَّ‎ ʔaqālla	الْأَقَالَّ‎ al-ʔaqālla	قُلَّيَاتٍ‎ qullayātin	الْقُلَّيَاتِ‎ al-qullayāti
Genitive	أَقَالَّ‎ ʔaqālla	الْأَقَالِّ‎ al-ʔaqālli	قُلَّيَاتٍ‎ qullayātin	الْقُلَّيَاتِ‎ al-qullayāti

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “قل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Verb

أَقُلْ • (ʔaqul) (form I)

first-person singular non-past active jussive of قَالَ‎ (qāla)

Verb

أُقَلْ • (ʔuqal) (form I)

first-person singular non-past passive jussive of قَالَ‎ (qāla)

Verb

أَقْلُ • (ʔaqlu) (form I)

first-person singular non-past active jussive of قَلَا‎ (qalā)

Verb

أُقْلَ • (ʔuqla) (form I)

first-person singular non-past passive jussive of قَلَا‎ (qalā)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ل ل‎

Etymology

From Arabic أَقَلّ‎ (ʔaqall).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔa.ʔall/, [ˈʔa.ʔal]

IPA^(key): (Galilee) /ʔa.ʔall/, [ˈha.ʔal]

IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ʔa.ɡall/, [ˈʔa.ɡal]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)

Adjective

أقلّ • (ʔaʔall)

elative degree of قليل‎ (ʔalīl): less, least

Derived terms

أقلية‎ (ʔaqalliyye, “minority”)

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