Arabic vocabulary
قليل is how you say “little” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
ومع كل فجر، جدّد العهد أن أكون اليوم أصدق قليلًا، أرحم قليلًا، أضبط جوارحي أكثر
And with each dawn, renew the covenant: to be a bit more truthful today, a bit more compassionate, and to control my senses better.
قَلِيلًا — a bit. 'qalil' = 'a little'. The '-an' ending means 'a little, a bit'.
From: On Sincerity →ومع كل فجر، جدّد العهد أن أكون اليوم أصدق قليلًا، أرحم قليلًا، أضبط جوارحي أكثر
And with each dawn, renew the covenant: to be a bit more truthful today, a bit more compassionate, and to control my senses better.
قَلِيلًا — a bit. 'qalil' = 'a little'; the '-an' ending means 'a bit'.
From: On Sincerity →يَا أَقْدَام الصَّبْر احملي بَقِي الْقَلِيل
O feet of patience, carry the remaining little.
الْقَلِيلَ — little. 'The small [amount]', trailing 'the remnant' in apposition, accusative to match — 'the remnant, the little [that is left]'. The agreement in the accusative ties it to 'remnant'. Carry the small remainder.
From: Night Prayer and Nearness to God →OpenArabic teaches words like قليل through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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