قل

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Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ق ل ل (q-l-l), from which also قَلِيل (qalīl).

Verb

قَلَّ (qalla) I (non-past يَقِلُّ (yaqillu), verbal noun قِلّة (qilla))

  1. to be few, to be little
  2. to become few, to become little
Conjugation

Verb

قَلَّ (qalla) I (non-past يَقِلُّ (yaqillu), verbal noun قَلّ (qall))

  1. to raise
  2. to carry
    • 2017 September 30, “تحطم طائرة عسكرية يسفر عن سقوط عشرات القتلى في الكونغو الديموقراطية”, in AlQuds.com, archived from the original on 30 September 2017:
      .الطائرة التي كانت قد اقلعت متوجهة الى كيفو وكانت تقل عشرات الاشخاص
      The plane which had started in direction to Kivu carried tens of persons.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Verb

قل (form I)

  1. قُلْ (qul) /qul/: second-person masculine singular imperative of قَالَ (qāla)
  2. قِلْ (qil) /qil/: second-person masculine singular imperative of قَالَ (qāla)

Chagatai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kul.[1]

Noun

قل (qul)

  1. slave

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Uzbek: qul
  • Uyghur: قۇل (qul)

(via possessed form قلی):

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kul”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ل ل
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَلَّ (qalla).

Pronunciation

Verb

قَلّ (gall) I (non-past يِقِل (yigill))

  1. to be few, to be little
  2. to become few, to become little

Conjugation

    Conjugation of قل (gall)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قلّيت (gallēt) قلّيت (gallēt) قلّ (gall) قلّينا (gallēna) قلّيتوا (gallētu) قلّوا (gallu)
f قلّيتي (gallēti) قلّت (gallat)
non-past m أقلّ (ʔagill) تقلّ (tigill) يقلّ (yigill) نقلّ (nigill) تقلّوا (tigillu) يقلّوا (yigillu)
f تقلّي (tigilli) تقلّ (tigill)
imperative m قلّ (gill) قلّوا (gillu)
f قلّي (gilli)

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kul.[1]

Noun

قل (qul)

  1. slave

Descendants

(via possessed form قلی):

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kul”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill