1. little, short, brief — The adjective βραχύς meaning little, short, or brief, used adverbially and adjectivally to denote smallness of quantity, duration, or extent. All three clusters represent the same semantic content with minor contextual variation: S64313 'a little/little' (general smallness), S64315 'for a short time' (temporal), S64316 'brief' (of words/speech). Multilingual glosses confirm unity: Arabic قَلِيلًا/بَاخْتِصَار (little/briefly), Hindi थोड़ा/संक्षिप्त (little/brief), Korean 조금/잠시/짧게 (little/briefly/shortly), Spanish poco/breves (little/brief), Swahili kidogo/muda–mfupi/maneno–machache (little/short time/few words). 7×
AR["بَاخْتِصَار","قَليلًا","قَليلٍ","قَلِيلًا"]·ben["অল্প","কিছুক্ষণ","ক্ষণেক","সংক্ষেপে"]·DE["kurz","βραχὺ"]·EN["a-little","brief","for-a-short-time","little"]·FR["court","peu"]·heb["בְּקִצּוּר","מְעַט"]·HI["थोड़ा","थोड़ी-देर","संक्षिप्त-में"]·ID["Sedikit","sebentar","sedikit","singkat"]·IT["bracheōn","brachu","breve"]·jav["cekak","sakedhap","sakedhik","sedhela,","sekedhik"]·KO["바깥-으로","잠깐","잠시","조금","짧게"]·PT["com-poucas-palavras","pouco","um-pouco"]·RU["кратких-словах","недолго","немного"]·ES["breves-palabras","poco","por-poco"]·SW["kidogo","kitambo-kidogo","maneno-machache","muda-mfupi"]·TR["azıcık","kısa","kısa-süre","kısaca"]·urd["تھوڑا","تھوڑی-دیر","لے","مختصراً"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
βρᾰχύς, εῖα (Ionic dialect έα Refs 5th c.BC+, ύ, dative plural βραχέοις Refs:—short, __1 of Space and Time, β. οἶμος, ὁδός, Refs 5th c.BC+; [αἰών] probably in Refs 5th c.BC+; μῦθος, λόγος, Refs; ἐν βραχεῖ (Ionic dialect βραχέϊ) in a short time, Refs 5th c.BC+; βραχὺ τῃδὶ μεταστῶμεν for a moment, Refs; of distance, β. ἀπόδοσις short return in ballplay, Refs 5th c.BC+; πρὸ βραχέος lamb.Refs:…