← Root Explorer
Arabic root

ق-ل-ل

Qaf-Lam-Lam

2 words from this root family

About this root

Qaf-Lam-Lam (ق-ل-ل) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: qalīlun (few / little), aqalliyya (minority).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 76 times in 74 verses, across 33 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:41. The form قَلِيلٌ (few / little) accounts for 70 of them.

Themes: Adjectives, Basics, Media Politics

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
قَلِيلٌ
qalīlun
few / littleadjective, A170×Describing Things - Core Adjectives
أَقَلِّيَّة
aqalliyya
minoritynoun, B2Political Movements

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

وَءَامِنُوا۟ بِمَآ أَنزَلْتُ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا مَعَكُمْ وَلَا تَكُونُوٓا۟ أَوَّلَ كَافِرٍۭ بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِى ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا وَإِيَّـٰىَ فَٱتَّقُونِ

And believe in that which I reveal, confirming that which ye possess already (of the Scripture), and be not first to disbelieve therein, and part not with My revelations for a trifling price, and keep your duty unto Me.

Quran 2:41
لِّلرِّجَالِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ٱلْوَٰلِدَانِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَ وَلِلنِّسَآءِ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ٱلْوَٰلِدَانِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَ مِمَّا قَلَّ مِنْهُ أَوْ كَثُرَ ۚ نَصِيبًا مَّفْرُوضًا

Unto the men (of a family) belongeth a share of that which parents and near kindred leave, and unto the women a share of that which parents and near kindred leave, whether it be little or much - a legal share.

Quran 4:7
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُرْسِلُ ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَقَلَّتْ سَحَابًا ثِقَالًا سُقْنَـٰهُ لِبَلَدٍ مَّيِّتٍ فَأَنزَلْنَا بِهِ ٱلْمَآءَ فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦ مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

And He it is Who sendeth the winds as tidings heralding His mercy, till, when they bear a cloud heavy (with rain), We lead it to a dead land, and then cause water to descend thereon and thereby bring forth fruits of every kind. Thus bring We forth the dead. Haply ye may remember.

Quran 7:57

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A1adjective
قَلِيلٌ
qalīlun

few / little

Example
عِنْدِي وَقْتٌ قَلِيلٌ.
ʿindī waqtun qalīlun.
I have little time.
Grammar

Feminine: qalīla (قَلِيلَةٌ). Opposite of kathīr.

B2noun
أَقَلِّيَّة
aqalliyya

minority

Example
يَجِبُ حِمايَةُ حُقوقِ الأَقَلِّيّات.
yajibu ḥimāyatu ḥuqūqi l-aqalliyyāt.
The rights of minorities must be protected.

Related roots