قلل

From the root ق ل ل‎ (q-l-l). Related to Aramaic קלל‎.

IPA^(key): /qal.la.la/

قَلَّلَ • (qallala) II, non-past يُقَلِّلُ‎‎ (yuqallilu)

1. to lessen, to decrease, to reduce, to diminish
2. to call something unimportant, to deemphasize, to play down
   • 2017 November 4, “مستشار في حملة ترامب يعترف باجراء اتصالات مع مسؤولين روس”, in Al-Quds‎, archived from the original on 4 November 2017:

     ‏لكنه قلل من اهمية الاجتماعات وقال انه "القى التحية بشكل وجيز على بعض الاشخاص".‎‎

     But he (Carter Page) played down the importance of the encounters (with Russians) and said that he “briefly greeted some people”.

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قِلَل • (qilal) f pl

1. plural of قِلَّة‎ (qilla)

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• IPA^(key): /ɡal.lal/

قَلَّل • (gallal) II (non-past يِقَلِّل‎ (yigallil))

1. (transitive) to decrease, to reduce

   Antonym: كَثَّر‎ (kattar)

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔal.lal/, [ˈʔal.lal]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡal.lal/, [ˈɡal.lal]

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قلّل • (ʔallal) II (present بقلّل‎ (biʔallel))

1. (transitive) to decrease, to reduce

   Antonym: كتّر‎ (kattar)