قَلِيلًا a little in Arabic
قَلِيلًا is how you say “a little” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
تمشي كثيرًا وتضلُّ قليلًا في كل خطوة
You walk much yet stray a little with every step.
قَلِيلًا a little
'a little,' in the -a form working adverbially. The straying is SMALL each time — but it compounds, as 'with every step' next shows. A little drift per step adds up to being lost.
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More example sentences
وَهَكَذَا حَتَّى إِذَا تَبَاعَدَ الزَّمَانُ شَيْئًا قَلِيلًا
And so it continued until when time had grown distant a little slightly.
قَلِيلًا little
An adjective 'little', here intensifying the adverbial 'somewhat' before it to mean 'a little'. It modifies the degree of the distancing, working with its partner to express that only a small span had elapsed.
فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ الْقَوْمُ إِلَّا قَلِيلاً حَتَّى أَتَى الْجُرْذُ عَلَى الرَدْمِ
So the people had not remained except a little until the rat came onto the mound.
قَلِيلاً a little
A noun used adverbially for a short span, in the object-style ending Arabic puts on a 'how much/how long' word. It measures the brief stretch the people lingered.