(ض) قَلَّ يَقِلُّ قِلَّةًqalla yaqillu qillatan (original form: قَلَلَ يَقْلِلُqalala yaqlilu): (1) to be few, little (2) to rise up (because of being light). ﴿مِمَّا قَلَّ مِنْهُ اَوْ كَثُرَ﴾ (An-Nisāʾ 4:7)
قَلِيْلٌqalīl (adjective on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): little, few. ﴿قَلِيْلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُوْنَ﴾ (Al-Aʿrāf 7:10)
اَقَلُّaqallu (elative, ism tafḍīl): fewer, fewest. ﴿اِنْ تَرَنِ اَنَا اَقَلَّ مِنْكَ مَالًا وَّوَلَدًا﴾ (Al-Kahf 18:39)
Form IV (ifʿāl) اَقَلَّ يُقِلُّ اِقْلَالًاaqalla yuqillu iqlālan: to lift up a thing, deeming it light. ﴿حَتّٰٓى اِذَآ اَقَلَّتْ سَحَابًا ثِقَالًا﴾ (Al-Aʿrāf 7:57)
Form II (tafʿīl) قَلَّلَ يُقَلِّلُ تَقْلِيْلًاqallala yuqallilu taqlīlan: to make few, to make appear few. ﴿وَيُقَلِّلُكُمْ فِيْٓ اَعْيُنِهِمْ﴾ (Al-Anfāl 8:44)