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.
The corpus record — Arabic
قَلِيل
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
In the wild
- قَلِيلًا Quran 11:116 (Hud 116)
- قَلِيلٌ Quran 11:40 (Hud 40)
- قَلِيلًا Quran 12:47 (Yusuf 47)
- قَلِيلًا Quran 12:48 (Yusuf 48)
- قَلِيلٌ Quran 16:117 (An-Nahl 117)
- قَلِيلًا Quran 16:95 (An-Nahl 95)
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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.