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qaliyl

qaliylN * Few; small, or little, in number, quantity, or amount; scanty. ― -b2- A small quantity, or quantum, or number, min maAlK wagayorihi of property, or cattle, &c. ― -b3- qaliylu Alxayori : [see art. xyr , where an explanation is given equivalent to EaAdmu Alxayori : and in like manner] qaliyl

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Where it lives

  • The Quran 70 · 5.47/10k

What it meant — Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

qaliylN * Few; small, or little, in number, quantity, or amount; scanty. ― -b2- A small quantity, or quantum, or number, min maAlK wagayorihi of property, or cattle, &c. ― -b3- qaliylu Alxayori : [see art. xyr , where an explanation is given equivalent to EaAdmu Alxayori : and in like manner] qaliylu Alxayori is used to signify Not making use of oaths at all. (Mgh in art. HfZ .) It may be well rendered Lacking, or destitute of, good, or wealth; as well as having little thereof: it generally means having little, or no, wealth, or good; or lacking, or destitute of, goodness or good things. ― -b4- qaliylN : see maT~aridN . ― -b5- Possessing little, or possessed in a small degree, of anything.

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Quran text from Tanzil (tanzil.net), distributed verbatim per its license. Morphological facts derived from the Quranic Arabic Corpus (corpus.quran.com, Kais Dukes), stated as facts with source credit. Dictionary senses from Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863-93, public domain), via the Perseus Digital Library.