أقل

See also: اقل

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

أَقَلّ • (ʔaqall)

1. Template:elative of:
   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
	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
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	قُلَّيَات qullayāt	الْقُلَّيَات al-qullayāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	قُلَّيَاتٌ qullayātun	الْقُلَّيَاتُ al-qullayātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	قُلَّيَاتٍ qullayātin	الْقُلَّيَاتِ al-qullayāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	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

Etymology 2

Verb

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

Verb

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

Etymology 3

Verb

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

Verb

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