أقل

See also: اقل and أفل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق ل ل (q l l)
14 terms

Elative of قَلِيل (qalīl, “few; little; sparse; rare”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

أَقَلّ • (ʔaqall)

1. 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
	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

Derived terms

• عَلَى اَلْأَقَلّ (ʕala l-ʔaqall, “at least”)

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

أقل (form I)

1. أَقُلْ (ʔaqul) /ʔa.qul/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of قَالَ (qāla)
2. أُقَلْ (ʔuqal) /ʔu.qal/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of قَالَ (qāla)
3. أَقِلْ (ʔaqil) /ʔa.qil/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of قَالَ (qāla)

Etymology 3

Verb

أقل (form I)

1. أَقْلُ (ʔaqlu) /ʔaq.lu/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of قَلَا (qalā)
2. أُقْلَ (ʔuqla) /ʔuq.la/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of قَلَا (qalā)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ل ل
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic أَقَلّ (ʔaqall).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.ɡall/

Adjective

أقلّ • (ʔagall)

1. elative degree of قليل (galīl): less, least

Derived terms

• عَلَى اَلْأَقَلّ (ʕala l-ʔagall, “at least”)
• عَالأقَلّ (ʕal-ʔagall, “at least”)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ل ل
4 terms

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]

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Adjective

أقلّ • (ʔaʔall)

1. elative degree of قليل (ʔalīl): less, least

Derived terms

• أقلية (ʔaqalliyye, “minority”)
• عَلَى اَلْأَقَلّ (ʕala l-ʔaqall, “at least”)