Arabic vocabulary
قَلِيلَsmall in Arabic
قَلِيلَ is how you say “small” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
يَسْتَكْثِرُ قَلِيلَ الْمَعْرُوفِ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ
He regards a small kindness from other than him as excessive.
قَلِيلَ — a small. An adjective for 'small/little' in the accusative because it is the object of the reckoning-verb. It heads a possessive pairing with 'the kindness' that follows, 'a little of the kindness'. The accusative ending marks it as the thing being judged as much.
From: On Reason and Temptation →
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