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קלל (a) vb. to be light, lenient, treat lightly, curse (→ קול , קליל , קללה ; CPA ܩܠܠ LSp 180, SA קלל Ham 581:67+, ST Ex 21:17) Pe. 1. to abate, diminish: קלו מיא the waters abated TN Gen 8:11; 2. to be light: ויקל מעלווך ib. Ex 18:22 [H הקל ]; 3. to be lenient: קלת וחומרת על דר׳ יודה קלת וחמרת על דרבנן according to the opinion of PN/the Rabbis it is both lenient and stringent .... Sab 13d(3) [+ //'s; → √חמר pe.] Pa. 1. to lighten: סבא סבא קליל גרמך old man! Old man! Make yourself light PRK 197:6; אין בעי יקלל רגליה {ו}<י>תלא עקבא if he wants to lighten his leg, let him lift up his heel Halisa 100:26; 2. to curse: לא טב דקליל לי דלא באפ{ו}<י>י חד זמן is it not enough that he cursed me once not in my presence? San 20d(9); שמע פרסייא מקלל לבריה ביה ומית he heard the Persian cursing his son with it (i.e the ineffable name), and he died Yom 40d(60); San 27b(22); 3. to make a lenient ruling: ר׳ יהודה דהוא מקלל תמן לא כל שכן דיקלל הכא PN who makes a lenient ruling there will certainly do so here Kil 28d(23); ib. 21; הן דהוינן סברין דו מקללה חמר where we thought that he makes a lenient ruling, he makes a stringent one MQ 82a(34); AZ 41d(59) Af. 1. to treat lightly, improperly, with disrespect: מאן דידע בנפשיה דלא אקיל לבר נש מן ישראל מן יומוי one who knows within himself that he never treated a Jew improperly Dem 22a(16); ר׳ יוחנן מיקל לנשייא דשטחן בגדיהון על אוירא דבי מדרשא PN used to treat contemptuously women who spread out clothes in the area of the study hall Meg 74a(49); MS 55d(27)[!]; Bik 65d(2); Er 30d(21); MQ 81b(58); Qid 63c(20); AZ 39b(64); BR 690:4; 2. to curse: ודוד מלכא דיש׳ מיקל לון David, King of Israel, curses them San 29b(47); הוה מחי ליה הוה מיקל ליה he hit him, and (the other one) cursed him AZ 44a(6a); Ber 9b(21) // Tan 63d(19); KohR 11a(7); 3. to act in a lax manner: רב נחת לתמן חמתון מקיל{ו}<י>ן וחמר עליהון Rav went to Babylonia, saw them acting in a lax manner, and imposed restrictions upon them Seq 50c(47); Ned 37c(13) Itpa. to abate, diminish: אתקללו FPT Gen 8:8[02]; אתקלילו TNGl ib. For a different opinion on pe., mng. 2, v. Ben Hayyim, Tarbiz 50(1982):205+; on pa., mng. 3, v. Eps, PLA 411. 