قل

1 قَلَّ ذ , It was, or became, few; small, or little, in number, quantity, or amount; scanty. ― -b2- هُوَ يَقِلُّ عَنْ كَذَا He, or it, is smaller than, or too small for, such a thing; syn. يَصْغُرُ. (TA.) ― -b3- قَلَّ لَبَنُهَا Her milk became little, or scanty; she became scant in her milk. ― -b4- قَلَّ خَيْرُهُ [ His good things, or wealth, and his beneficence, became few, or little; scanty, or wanting; he became poor; and he became niggardly: ] for قِلَّةُ خَيْرٍ signifies “ poverty ” and “ niggardliness. ” (A, TA, in art. حجد.) And It became scanty, or deficient, or wanting, in goodness. ― -b5- قَلَّ He had few aiders: sec an ex. voce فَلَّ.