littleness
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أَقَلّ in English
Adjective
- elative degree of قَلِيل (qalīl):
- fewer, less; fewest, least
- sparser; sparsest
- rarer; rarest
Word origin
Elative of قَلِيل (qalīl, “few; little; sparse; rare”).
Words from the root ق-ل-ل
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
قَلَّ
· present يَقِلُّ
Form I · The plain action
to be few, to be little; to become few, to become little
قِلّة
قَالّ
مُقِلّ
poor
قَلَّمَا
rarely
قَلَّلَ
· present يُقَلِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to lessen, to decrease, to reduce, to diminish; to call something unimportant, to deemphasize, to play down
تَقْلِيل
reduction
مُقَلِّل
مُقَلَّل
اِسْتَقَلَّ
· present يَسْتَقِلُّ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to find small, to find too paltry; to despise, to contemn; to depart
اِسْتِقْلَال
independence
مُسْتَقِلّ
independent
مُسْتَقَلّ
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