The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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qlyl A03

JBA in pause also קלי

  1 light JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA. --(a) easy JLAtg, LJLA. (a.1) lenient Gal. --(b) light-armed Syr. --(c) small-sized LJLA.
  2 quick JLAtg, PTA, Syr, Man, LJLA. --(a) of keen hearing Syr. --(b) ܒܬܪ ܩܠܝܠ, ܡܢ ܒܬܪ ܩܠܝܠ : after a short while Syr. --(c) ܩܕܡ ܩܠܝܠ : a short while previously Syr. --(d) ˁad, ˁwd : almost PTA, Syr, LJLA. --(e) as adv. : quickly Syr.
  3 few, of little amount Gal, PTA, Syr, Man, LJLA. --(a) קליל קליל , קלי קלי , bqlyl qlyl : little by little Syr, JBA, JBAg. --(b) ܒܟܠ ܩܠܝܠ : every little while Syr.

z(yr A03

zˁyr (zˁēr) adj. small

from the diminutive formation *zuˁēr, with a rare spelling זועיר at Qumran preserving the historical form

1 small BA-Da, Palm, Nab, Qum, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, JBAmb, LJLA. --(a) few, small in number OfA-Egypt, LJLA. --(b) young Qum, Gal, PTA, LJLA.
2 quick, sharp OfA-Egypt.