قَاڸ
ḳaḷ (yéḳḷoḷ or yéḳḷeḷ/ľiḳḷóḷ)
basic morphological information

v. (Ia)

1. to be young; 2. to be few, little
быть маленьким; быть малочисленным
صغر
LS 375; Naumkin et al. 2016a:55; Naumkin–Kogan 2021 :528
text examples

1. 

a. teḳḷóḷ id-ḥaʰ wa-ˁa-temtíṭ ‘May she stay as small as this and never grow up!’ (Naumkin et al. 2015a:142a:26)

b. hóhon ḳaḷk ˁanš be-triʰ ˁenóti ‘I am two years younger than you’ (field notes)  

2. téḳḷeḷ šegíˁaʰ di-ḥóriš ḷaḷ yóuṭar ˁeʸh be-meḥédher ‘A man’s courage is scanty when gravestones hold him’ (Naumkin – Kogan 2021:8:5-6)

morphological notes

perfect 3 sg. f. ḳéḷoʰ

root
derivates
  • ḳaḷ young(er)
  • ḳaḷέḷhɛn 1. husband of the woman to whom one’s child is given for raising; 2. small (a child)