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قل

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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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
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Verb

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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[3], 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.
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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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

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kul.[1]

Noun

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قل (qul)

  1. slave

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Uzbek: qul
  • Uyghur: قۇل (qul)

(via possessed form قلی):

References

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

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ق ل ل
4 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic قَلَّ (qalla).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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    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

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kul.[1]

Noun

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قل (qul)

  1. slave

Descendants

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(via possessed form قلی):

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kul”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill