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Dictionary Habib Anthony Salmone, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary (1889)

Entry قلل

قَلَّ(n. ac. قِلّ قِلَّة قُلّ) a. Was small, little, paltry; was rare, scarce. b. Decreased, diminished. c.(n. ac. قَلّ), Bore, carried; supported. قَلَّلَa. Lessened, diminished, decreased; humbled, abased, made small. أَقْلَلَa. see I (c) & II. c. Gave, produced, yielded little. d. Considered small, little. e. Became poor. f. Was master of. g. Seized, mastered (fear). تَقَاْلَلَa. see IV (d)b. Was high; rose (sun). إِسْتَقْلَلَa. Considered small, mean; disregarded, contemned despised. b. see IV (g)c. Rose; soared aloft (bird); grew, shot up (plant). d. Became irritated, angry. e. [Bi], Was independent, absolute in. قَلّa. Small number; few; little. b. Scantiness; scarceness, rareness, rarity. قَلَّةa. Convalescence, recovery. قِلّa. Low wall; fence. قِلَّة (pl. قِلَل) a. Littleness; fewness; paucity. b. see 1 (b)c. Trembling; palpitation. قِلِّيَّةa. Chamber; cell. قُلّa. see 1 (a) (b). c. Solitary, isolated (man). قُلَّة (pl. قُلَل قِلَاْل) a. Earthen jug, pitcher. b. Top, summit; skull, cranium. c. Knob, boss ( on a sword ). قُلَّىa. Short girl. قُلَلa. Motley assembly. قُلُلa. Mixed horde. أَقْلَلُa. Less, smaller; fewer. b. [art.], Smallest; fewest; least. c. [art.], Minimum. d. see N. Ag. IV قَلَاْل قُلَاْلa. see 25 (a) قَلِيْل (pl. قُلُل أَقْلِلَآءُ & reg. ) a. Few; small, little; scanty; trifling; rare, scarce; paltry, insignificant, unimportant. b. Short, little. N. P. قَلَّلَa. Studded, embossed (sword). N. Ac. قَلَّلَa. Diminution, lessening, decrease, abatement. N. Ag. أَقْلَلَa. Poor, needy, indigent. N. Ag. إِسْتَقْلَلَa. Independent; absolute, despotic. N. Ac. إِسْتَقْلَلَa. Independence; absolute, despotic power; despotism absolutism. إِسْتِقْلَالِيَّة a. [ coll. ] see N. Ac. إِسْتَقْلَلَ قَلِيْلًا a. Few, little. b. Rarely, seldom. قَلِيْلًا قَلِيْلًا a. Little by little, by degrees, gradually. بِقِلِّيَّتِهِم a. All, all together. بِقِلِّيَّتِهِ بِقِلِّيْلَتِهِ بِقِلِّيْلَاهُ a. Wholly, entirely; altogether. قِلَّايَة ( pl. reg. & قَلَاْلِيّ) a. [ coll. ] see 2yit هُوَ قُلّ مِن قُِلٍّ a. He is unknown. قَلَّ مَاجِئْتَ a. You came but seldom. قَالَّهُ العَطَآء a. He gave him very little. جَمْعَ القِلَّة a. Plural of paucity (3 to 10). قَلَّلَهُ فِى عَيْنِهِ a. He made it to appear small, mean to him.