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 • (ʾaqall)

1. elative degree of قَلِيل‎ (qalīl):
   1. fewer, less; fewest, least
   2. sparser; sparsest
   3. rarer; rarest

Declension

Declension of adjective أَقَلّ (ʾaqall)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَقَلّ ʾaqall	الْأَقَلّ‎ al-ʾaqall	قُلَّى‎ qullā	الْقُلَّى‎ al-qullā
Nominative	أَقَلُّ ʾaqallu	الْأَقَلُّ‎ al-ʾaqallu	قُلَّى‎ qullā	الْقُلَّى‎ al-qullā
Accusative	أَقَلَّ ʾaqalla	الْأَقَلَّ‎ al-ʾaqalla	قُلَّى‎ qullā	الْقُلَّى‎ al-qullā
Genitive	أَقَلَّ ʾaqalla	الْأَقَلِّ‎ al-ʾaqalli	قُلَّى‎ qullā	الْقُلَّى‎ al-qullā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَقَلَّيْن‎ ʾaqallayn	الْأَقَلَّيْن‎ al-ʾaqallayn	قُلَّيَيْن‎ qullayayn	الْقُلَّيَيْن‎ al-qullayayn
Nominative	أَقَلَّانِ‎ ʾaqallāni	الْأَقَلَّانِ‎ al-ʾaqallāni	قُلَّيَانِ‎ qullayāni	الْقُلَّيَانِ‎ al-qullayāni
Accusative	أَقَلَّيْنِ‎ ʾaqallayni	الْأَقَلَّيْنِ‎ al-ʾaqallayni	قُلَّيَيْنِ‎ qullayayni	الْقُلَّيَيْنِ‎ al-qullayayni
Genitive	أَقَلَّيْنِ‎ ʾaqallayni	الْأَقَلَّيْنِ‎ al-ʾaqallayni	قُلَّيَيْنِ‎ qullayayni	الْقُلَّيَيْنِ‎ al-qullayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَقَالّ‎ ʾaqāll	الْأَقَالّ‎ al-ʾaqāll	قُلَّيَات‎ qullayāt	الْقُلَّيَات‎ al-qullayāt
Nominative	أَقَالُّ‎ ʾaqāllu	الْأَقَالُّ‎ al-ʾaqāllu	قُلَّيَاتٌ‎ qullayātun	الْقُلَّيَاتُ‎ al-qullayātu
Accusative	أَقَالَّ‎ ʾaqālla	الْأَقَالَّ‎ al-ʾaqālla	قُلَّيَاتٍ‎ qullayātin	الْقُلَّيَاتِ‎ al-qullayāti
Genitive	أَقَالَّ‎ ʾaqālla	الْأَقَالِّ‎ al-ʾaqālli	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

أَقُلْ • (ʾaqul) (form I)

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

Verb

أُقَلْ • (ʾuqal) (form I)

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

Etymology 3

Verb

أَقْلُ • (ʾaqlu) (form I)

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

Verb

أُقْلَ • (ʾuqla) (form I)

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