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"args": {
"1": "ar"
},
"expansion": "Uncertain",
"name": "uncertain"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Uncertain. Bravmann proposes an origin in إِلَّا كَانَ (ʔillā kāna, “except that [it/he] were”), but does not provide a convincing explanation for the contraction of the ā or for the suspicious similarity to أَنْ (ʔan) and أَنَّ (ʔanna) in the alternation of the ending.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّ",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "lākinna",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ar-prep-auto",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّ",
"roman": "lākinna",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّنِي",
"roman": "lākinnanī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّنَا",
"roman": "lākinnanā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّكَ",
"roman": "lākinnaka",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّكِ",
"roman": "lākinnaki",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّكُمَا",
"roman": "lākinnakumā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"dual",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّكُمْ",
"roman": "lākinnakum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّكُنَّ",
"roman": "lākinnakunna",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّهُ",
"roman": "lākinnahu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّهَا",
"roman": "lākinnahā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّهُمَا",
"roman": "lākinnahumā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"dual",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّهُمْ",
"roman": "lākinnahum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّهُنَّ",
"roman": "lākinnahunna",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "لٰكِنَّ"
},
"expansion": "لٰكِنَّ • (lākinna)",
"name": "ar-con"
}
],
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"pos": "conj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"but, however"
],
"id": "en-لكن-ar-conj-hLMJpaam",
"links": [
[
"but",
"but"
],
[
"however",
"however"
]
],
"related": [
{
"roman": "ʔinna waʔaḵawātuhā",
"word": "إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا"
},
{
"roman": "ʔinna",
"word": "إِنَّ"
},
{
"roman": "ʔanna",
"word": "أَنَّ"
},
{
"roman": "lākinna",
"word": "لٰكِنَّ"
},
{
"roman": "kaʔanna",
"word": "كَأَنَّ"
},
{
"roman": "laʕalla",
"word": "لَعَلَّ"
},
{
"roman": "layta",
"word": "لَيْتَ"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/laː.kin.na/"
},
{
"audio": "Ar-لكن.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/Ar-%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86.ogg/Ar-%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Ar-%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "لكن"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "walākin",
"word": "وَلٰكِن"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ajp",
"2": "لاكن",
"tr": "lāken"
},
"expansion": "South Levantine Arabic: لاكن (lāken)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ South Levantine Arabic: لاكن (lāken)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa-cls",
"2": "لیکِن",
"3": "لَٰکِن",
"4": "لَاکِن",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Classical Persian: لیکِن (lēkin), لَٰکِن (lākin), لَاکِن (lākin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Classical Persian: لیکِن (lēkin), لَٰکِن (lākin), لَاکِن (lākin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "prs",
"2": "لیکِن"
},
"expansion": "Dari: لیکِن (lēkin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Dari: لیکِن (lēkin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa-ira",
"2": "لیکِن",
"qq": "uncommon"
},
"expansion": "Iranian Persian: لیکِن (liken) (uncommon)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Iranian Persian: لیکِن (liken) (uncommon)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tg",
"2": "лекин"
},
"expansion": "Tajik: лекин (lekin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Tajik: лекин (lekin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "az",
"2": "lakin",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: lakin",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Azerbaijani: lakin"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "লেকিন",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: লেকিন (lekin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: লেকিন (lekin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "borrowed",
"2": "→"
},
"expansion": "→",
"name": "tooltip"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "→",
"name": "→"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindustani:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "लेकिन"
},
"expansion": "Hindi: लेकिन (lekin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hindi: लेकिन (lekin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "لیکِن"
},
"expansion": "Urdu: لیکِن (lekin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Urdu: لیکِن (lekin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ota",
"2": "لكن",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "lakin"
},
"expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: لكن (lakin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: لكن (lakin)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "lakin"
},
"expansion": "Turkish: lakin",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Turkish: lakin"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Punjabi:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Punjabi:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "ਲੇਕਿਨ",
"alts": "1",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਲੇਕਿਨ (lekin), ਲੇਕਨ (lekan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gurmukhi script: ਲੇਕਿਨ (lekin), ਲੇਕਨ (lekan)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "لیکن",
"sclb": "1",
"tr": "lekin, lekan"
},
"expansion": "Shahmukhi script: لیکن (lekin, lekan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Shahmukhi script: لیکن (lekin, lekan)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "lakini",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swahili: lakini",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swahili: lakini"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uz",
"2": "lekin",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Uzbek: lekin",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Uzbek: lekin"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ar"
},
"expansion": "Uncertain",
"name": "uncertain"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Uncertain. Bravmann proposes an origin in إِلَّا كَانَ (ʔillā kāna, “except that [it/he] were”), but does not provide a convincing explanation for the contraction of the ā or for the suspicious similarity to أَنْ (ʔan) and أَنَّ (ʔanna) in the alternation of the ending.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "لٰكِنْ",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "lākin",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "لٰكِنْ"
},
"expansion": "لٰكِنْ • (lākin)",
"name": "ar-con"
}
],
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"pos": "conj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"but, however"
],
"id": "en-لكن-ar-conj-hLMJpaam1",
"links": [
[
"but",
"but"
],
[
"however",
"however"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "0 0 53 47",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The students didn’t travel but their principal did.",
"roman": "lam yusāfiri ṭ-ṭulābu lākin wakīluhum",
"text": "لَمْ يُسَافِرِ الطُّلَابُ لٰكِنْ وَكِيلُهُمْ",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"but, rather"
],
"id": "en-لكن-ar-conj-fXis9lak",
"links": [
[
"but",
"but"
],
[
"rather",
"rather"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "بَلْ"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "0 0 53 47",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"but not, after an affirmative."
],
"id": "en-لكن-ar-conj-0OMxxVTt",
"links": [
[
"but",
"but"
],
[
"not",
"not"
],
[
"affirmative",
"affirmative"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/laː.kin/"
}
],
"word": "لكن"
}
{
"categories": [
"Arabic 2-syllable words",
"Arabic 3-syllable words",
"Arabic conjunctions",
"Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
"Arabic lemmas",
"Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Arabic terms with audio links",
"Arabic terms with unknown etymologies"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ar"
},
"expansion": "Uncertain",
"name": "uncertain"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Uncertain. Bravmann proposes an origin in إِلَّا كَانَ (ʔillā kāna, “except that [it/he] were”), but does not provide a convincing explanation for the contraction of the ā or for the suspicious similarity to أَنْ (ʔan) and أَنَّ (ʔanna) in the alternation of the ending.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّ",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "lākinna",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ar-prep-auto",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّ",
"roman": "lākinna",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّنِي",
"roman": "lākinnanī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّنَا",
"roman": "lākinnanā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّكَ",
"roman": "lākinnaka",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّكِ",
"roman": "lākinnaki",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّكُمَا",
"roman": "lākinnakumā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"dual",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّكُمْ",
"roman": "lākinnakum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّكُنَّ",
"roman": "lākinnakunna",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّهُ",
"roman": "lākinnahu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّهَا",
"roman": "lākinnahā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّهُمَا",
"roman": "lākinnahumā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"dual",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّهُمْ",
"roman": "lākinnahum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "لٰكِنَّهُنَّ",
"roman": "lākinnahunna",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "لٰكِنَّ"
},
"expansion": "لٰكِنَّ • (lākinna)",
"name": "ar-con"
}
],
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"pos": "conj",
"related": [
{
"roman": "ʔinna waʔaḵawātuhā",
"word": "إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا"
},
{
"roman": "ʔinna",
"word": "إِنَّ"
},
{
"roman": "ʔanna",
"word": "أَنَّ"
},
{
"roman": "lākinna",
"word": "لٰكِنَّ"
},
{
"roman": "kaʔanna",
"word": "كَأَنَّ"
},
{
"roman": "laʕalla",
"word": "لَعَلَّ"
},
{
"roman": "layta",
"word": "لَيْتَ"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"but, however"
],
"links": [
[
"but",
"but"
],
[
"however",
"however"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/laː.kin.na/"
},
{
"audio": "Ar-لكن.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/Ar-%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86.ogg/Ar-%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Ar-%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "لكن"
}
{
"categories": [
"Arabic 2-syllable words",
"Arabic conjunctions",
"Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
"Arabic lemmas",
"Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Arabic terms with unknown etymologies"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "walākin",
"word": "وَلٰكِن"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ajp",
"2": "لاكن",
"tr": "lāken"
},
"expansion": "South Levantine Arabic: لاكن (lāken)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ South Levantine Arabic: لاكن (lāken)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa-cls",
"2": "لیکِن",
"3": "لَٰکِن",
"4": "لَاکِن",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Classical Persian: لیکِن (lēkin), لَٰکِن (lākin), لَاکِن (lākin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Classical Persian: لیکِن (lēkin), لَٰکِن (lākin), لَاکِن (lākin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "prs",
"2": "لیکِن"
},
"expansion": "Dari: لیکِن (lēkin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Dari: لیکِن (lēkin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa-ira",
"2": "لیکِن",
"qq": "uncommon"
},
"expansion": "Iranian Persian: لیکِن (liken) (uncommon)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Iranian Persian: لیکِن (liken) (uncommon)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tg",
"2": "лекин"
},
"expansion": "Tajik: лекин (lekin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Tajik: лекин (lekin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "az",
"2": "lakin",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: lakin",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Azerbaijani: lakin"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "লেকিন",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: লেকিন (lekin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: লেকিন (lekin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "borrowed",
"2": "→"
},
"expansion": "→",
"name": "tooltip"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "→",
"name": "→"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindustani:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "लेकिन"
},
"expansion": "Hindi: लेकिन (lekin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hindi: लेकिन (lekin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "لیکِن"
},
"expansion": "Urdu: لیکِن (lekin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Urdu: لیکِن (lekin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ota",
"2": "لكن",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "lakin"
},
"expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: لكن (lakin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: لكن (lakin)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "lakin"
},
"expansion": "Turkish: lakin",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Turkish: lakin"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Punjabi:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Punjabi:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "ਲੇਕਿਨ",
"alts": "1",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਲੇਕਿਨ (lekin), ਲੇਕਨ (lekan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gurmukhi script: ਲੇਕਿਨ (lekin), ਲੇਕਨ (lekan)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "لیکن",
"sclb": "1",
"tr": "lekin, lekan"
},
"expansion": "Shahmukhi script: لیکن (lekin, lekan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Shahmukhi script: لیکن (lekin, lekan)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "lakini",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swahili: lakini",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swahili: lakini"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uz",
"2": "lekin",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Uzbek: lekin",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Uzbek: lekin"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ar"
},
"expansion": "Uncertain",
"name": "uncertain"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Uncertain. Bravmann proposes an origin in إِلَّا كَانَ (ʔillā kāna, “except that [it/he] were”), but does not provide a convincing explanation for the contraction of the ā or for the suspicious similarity to أَنْ (ʔan) and أَنَّ (ʔanna) in the alternation of the ending.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "لٰكِنْ",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "lākin",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "لٰكِنْ"
},
"expansion": "لٰكِنْ • (lākin)",
"name": "ar-con"
}
],
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"pos": "conj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"but, however"
],
"links": [
[
"but",
"but"
],
[
"however",
"however"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Arabic terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The students didn’t travel but their principal did.",
"roman": "lam yusāfiri ṭ-ṭulābu lākin wakīluhum",
"text": "لَمْ يُسَافِرِ الطُّلَابُ لٰكِنْ وَكِيلُهُمْ",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"but, rather"
],
"links": [
[
"but",
"but"
],
[
"rather",
"rather"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "بَلْ"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"but not, after an affirmative."
],
"links": [
[
"but",
"but"
],
[
"not",
"not"
],
[
"affirmative",
"affirmative"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/laː.kin/"
}
],
"word": "لكن"
}
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