隻せっ句く

noun

a few words; a single phrase

Almost always used in negative constructions like 隻句もない to mean 'not a single word' or 'without a word'. Rarely used affirmatively in modern Japanese.

• 彼かれはその件けんについて隻せっ句くも語かたらなかった。

  He didn't say a single word about the matter.

• 手て紙がみには感かん謝しゃの隻せっ句くもなかった。

  There wasn't a single word of thanks in the letter.