قِلَّةٌ
1.
[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 article حفَظ.)
2.
قِلَّةٌ may often be well rendered Lack.