قل

قِلَّةٌ ذ [ Paucity; smallness; littleness; scantiness; want of due amount of anything: as in قِلَّةُ مُبَالَاةٍ want of due care: or this phrase signifies want of care: also fewness: for] قِلَّةٌ sometimes signifies i. q. عَدَمٌ. (Mgh in art. حفَظ.) ― -b2- قِلَّةٌ may often be well rendered Lack.