قلة

See also: قله and فلة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق ل ل (q-l-l)

Noun

قِلَّة • (qilla) f (plural قِلَل (qilal))

1. verbal noun of قَلَّ (qalla) (form I)
2. littleness, smallness, scarceness, fewness
3. lack, want, poverty
4. fit of trembling

Declension

Declension of noun قِلَّة (qilla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِلَّة qilla	الْقِلَّة al-qilla	قِلَّة qillat
Nominative	قِلَّةٌ qillatun	الْقِلَّةُ al-qillatu	قِلَّةُ qillatu
Accusative	قِلَّةً qillatan	الْقِلَّةَ al-qillata	قِلَّةَ qillata
Genitive	قِلَّةٍ qillatin	الْقِلَّةِ al-qillati	قِلَّةِ qillati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِلَّتَيْن qillatayn	الْقِلَّتَيْن al-qillatayn	قِلَّتَيْ qillatay
Nominative	قِلَّتَانِ qillatāni	الْقِلَّتَانِ al-qillatāni	قِلَّتَا qillatā
Accusative	قِلَّتَيْنِ qillatayni	الْقِلَّتَيْنِ al-qillatayni	قِلَّتَيْ qillatay
Genitive	قِلَّتَيْنِ qillatayni	الْقِلَّتَيْنِ al-qillatayni	قِلَّتَيْ qillatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِلَل qilal	الْقِلَل al-qilal	قِلَل qilal
Nominative	قِلَلٌ qilalun	الْقِلَلُ al-qilalu	قِلَلُ qilalu
Accusative	قِلَلًا qilalan	الْقِلَلَ al-qilala	قِلَلَ qilala
Genitive	قِلَلٍ qilalin	الْقِلَلِ al-qilali	قِلَلِ qilali

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qillət
• → Catalan: arguell
  • → Aragonese: arguello
  • → Navarran Spanish: arguello
• → Persian: قلت (qellet)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: क़िल्लत (qillat)

    Urdu: قلت (qillat)

• → Ottoman Turkish: قلت (kıllet)

قُلَّة

Etymology 2

Root
ق ل ل (q-l-l)

Compare قُنَّة (qunna), قِمَّة (qimma) of like meaning.

Noun

قُلَّة • (qulla) f (plural قُلَل (qulal))

1. peak, summit, vertex, apogee

Declension

Declension of noun قُلَّة (qulla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُلَّة qulla	الْقُلَّة al-qulla	قُلَّة qullat
Nominative	قُلَّةٌ qullatun	الْقُلَّةُ al-qullatu	قُلَّةُ qullatu
Accusative	قُلَّةً qullatan	الْقُلَّةَ al-qullata	قُلَّةَ qullata
Genitive	قُلَّةٍ qullatin	الْقُلَّةِ al-qullati	قُلَّةِ qullati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُلَّتَيْن qullatayn	الْقُلَّتَيْن al-qullatayn	قُلَّتَيْ qullatay
Nominative	قُلَّتَانِ qullatāni	الْقُلَّتَانِ al-qullatāni	قُلَّتَا qullatā
Accusative	قُلَّتَيْنِ qullatayni	الْقُلَّتَيْنِ al-qullatayni	قُلَّتَيْ qullatay
Genitive	قُلَّتَيْنِ qullatayni	الْقُلَّتَيْنِ al-qullatayni	قُلَّتَيْ qullatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُلَل qulal	الْقُلَل al-qulal	قُلَل qulal
Nominative	قُلَلٌ qulalun	الْقُلَلُ al-qulalu	قُلَلُ qulalu
Accusative	قُلَلًا qulalan	الْقُلَلَ al-qulala	قُلَلَ qulala
Genitive	قُلَلٍ qulalin	الْقُلَلِ al-qulali	قُلَلِ qulali

قُلَّة

Descendants

• → Persian: قله
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قله
    • Turkish: kule
    • → Bulgarian: кула (kula)
    • → Macedonian: кула (kula)
    • → Romanian: culă
    • → Serbo-Croatian: кула
• → Swahili: kilele

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Aramaic קוּלְתָא (qulləṯā), same. From Akkadian 𒄣𒇷𒌋 (qulliu, “a bowl”), older Akkadian 𒄖𒌌𒇻 (gullu, “a container”), also Akkadian 𒄖𒌌𒆷𒌅 (gullatu, “ewer”). Also exists as Biblical Hebrew גֻלָּה (gullāh), Ugaritic 𐎂𐎍 (gl), Eblaite 𒄘𒇷𒈝 (GÚ-LI-LUM). Directly from Classical Syriac ܩܽܘܠܬܳܐ (qulləṯā): Latin culullus (“wine jug”), Ancient Greek κόλλαθον (kóllathon, “a unit of liquid measure used in Syria”) (also rendered as Latin collathum and reborrowed as Classical Syriac ܩܘܠܐܬܘܢ / ܩܘܠܬܘܢ). Also from Semitic: Ancient Greek γαυλός (gaulós, “a kind of round vase for drinking”) and γαῦλος (gaûlos, “a kind of Punic freight vessel”), from which both Latin gaulus.

Alternative forms

• جُلَّة (julla)

Noun

قُلَّة • (qulla) f (plural قِلَال (qilāl))

1. jug, jar, pitcher, ewer (especially of wine)
   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 34:27:

     رَأَيْتُنَا نَغْتَرِفُ مِنْ وَقْبِ عَيْنِهِ [ٱلْعَنْبَرِ] بِٱلْقِلَالِ الدُّهْنَ وَنَقْتَطِعُ مِنْهُ الْفِدَرَ كَٱلثَّوْرِ أَوْ كَقَدْرِ الثَّوْرِ

     raʔaytunā naḡtarifu min waqbi ʕaynihi [l-ʕanbari] bi-l-qilāli d-duhna wanaqtaṭiʕu minhu l-fidara kaṯ-ṯawri ʔaw kaqadri ṯ-ṯawri

     I saw how we extracted pitcher after pitcher full of fat from the cavity of its [the sperm whale’s] eye, and cut from it pieces of meat resembling a bull or being of the measure of a bull.

   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 36:6:

     فَإِنَّ الْخَمْرَ قَدْ حُرِّمَتْ فَقَالَ يَا أَنَسُ أَرِقْ هَذِهِ الْقِلَالَ

     faʔinna l-ḵamra qad ḥurrimat faqāla yā ʔanasu ʔariq haḏihi l-qilāla

     Verily, wine has been forbidden. O Anas, spill these pitchers!

Declension

Declension of noun قُلَّة (qulla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُلَّة qulla	الْقُلَّة al-qulla	قُلَّة qullat
Nominative	قُلَّةٌ qullatun	الْقُلَّةُ al-qullatu	قُلَّةُ qullatu
Accusative	قُلَّةً qullatan	الْقُلَّةَ al-qullata	قُلَّةَ qullata
Genitive	قُلَّةٍ qullatin	الْقُلَّةِ al-qullati	قُلَّةِ qullati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُلَّتَيْن qullatayn	الْقُلَّتَيْن al-qullatayn	قُلَّتَيْ qullatay
Nominative	قُلَّتَانِ qullatāni	الْقُلَّتَانِ al-qullatāni	قُلَّتَا qullatā
Accusative	قُلَّتَيْنِ qullatayni	الْقُلَّتَيْنِ al-qullatayni	قُلَّتَيْ qullatay
Genitive	قُلَّتَيْنِ qullatayni	الْقُلَّتَيْنِ al-qullatayni	قُلَّتَيْ qullatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِلَال qilāl	الْقِلَال al-qilāl	قِلَال qilāl
Nominative	قِلَالٌ qilālun	الْقِلَالُ al-qilālu	قِلَالُ qilālu
Accusative	قِلَالًا qilālan	الْقِلَالَ al-qilāla	قِلَالَ qilāla
Genitive	قِلَالٍ qilālin	الْقِلَالِ al-qilāli	قِلَالِ qilāli

Descendants

• Maltese: qolla
• → Armenian: կուլա (kula)
• → Catalan: alcolla, ancolla
• → Coptic: ⲕⲉⲗⲱⲗ (kelōl) ?
• → Georgian: ქილა (kila) ?
• → Malay: kolah
  • Indonesian: kulah
• → Spanish: alcolla

Etymology 4

Noun

قُلَّة • (qulla) f (plural قُلَل (qulal))

1. Alternative form of كُلَّة (kulla, “cannonball; marble”)

Declension

Declension of noun قُلَّة (qulla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُلَّة qulla	الْقُلَّة al-qulla	قُلَّة qullat
Nominative	قُلَّةٌ qullatun	الْقُلَّةُ al-qullatu	قُلَّةُ qullatu
Accusative	قُلَّةً qullatan	الْقُلَّةَ al-qullata	قُلَّةَ qullata
Genitive	قُلَّةٍ qullatin	الْقُلَّةِ al-qullati	قُلَّةِ qullati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُلَّتَيْن qullatayn	الْقُلَّتَيْن al-qullatayn	قُلَّتَيْ qullatay
Nominative	قُلَّتَانِ qullatāni	الْقُلَّتَانِ al-qullatāni	قُلَّتَا qullatā
Accusative	قُلَّتَيْنِ qullatayni	الْقُلَّتَيْنِ al-qullatayni	قُلَّتَيْ qullatay
Genitive	قُلَّتَيْنِ qullatayni	الْقُلَّتَيْنِ al-qullatayni	قُلَّتَيْ qullatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُلَل qulal	الْقُلَل al-qulal	قُلَل qulal
Nominative	قُلَلٌ qulalun	الْقُلَلُ al-qulalu	قُلَلُ qulalu
Accusative	قُلَلًا qulalan	الْقُلَلَ al-qulala	قُلَلَ qulala
Genitive	قُلَلٍ qulalin	الْقُلَلِ al-qulali	قُلَلِ qulali

References

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• “qwltwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
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• Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 148–149
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