"لكن" meaning in Arabic

See لكن in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /laː.kin.na/ Audio: Ar-لكن.ogg
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{uncertain|ar}} Uncertain Head templates: {{ar-con|لٰكِنَّ}} لٰكِنَّ • (lākinna) Forms: لٰكِنَّ [canonical], lākinna [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], لٰكِنَّ [stem], لٰكِنَّنِي [feminine, first-person, masculine, singular], لٰكِنَّنَا [common-gender, dual, feminine, first-person, masculine, plural], لٰكِنَّكَ [masculine, second-person, singular], لٰكِنَّكِ [feminine, second-person, singular], لٰكِنَّكُمَا [common-gender, dual, second-person], لٰكِنَّكُمْ [masculine, plural, second-person], لٰكِنَّكُنَّ [feminine, plural, second-person], لٰكِنَّهُ [masculine, singular, third-person], لٰكِنَّهَا [feminine, singular, third-person], لٰكِنَّهُمَا [common-gender, dual, third-person], لٰكِنَّهُمْ [masculine, plural, third-person], لٰكِنَّهُنَّ [feminine, plural, third-person]
  1. but, however Related terms: إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا (ʔinna waʔaḵawātuhā), إِنَّ (ʔinna), أَنَّ (ʔanna), لٰكِنَّ (lākinna), كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna), لِأَنَّ (liʔanna), لَعَلَّ (laʕalla), لَيْتَ (layta)
    Sense id: en-لكن-ar-conj-hLMJpaam

Conjunction

IPA: /laː.kin/ Forms: لٰكِنْ [canonical], lākin [romanization]
Head templates: {{ar-con|لٰكِنْ}} لٰكِنْ • (lākin)
  1. but, however
    Sense id: en-لكن-ar-conj-hLMJpaam1
  2. but, rather Synonyms: بَلْ
    Sense id: en-لكن-ar-conj-fXis9lak
  3. but not, after an affirmative.
    Sense id: en-لكن-ar-conj-0OMxxVTt Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Central Kurdish terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 24 76 Disambiguation of Central Kurdish terms with redundant transliterations: 0 0 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 0 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: وَلٰكِن (walākin) 
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        {
          "roman": "ʔinna",
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          "roman": "laʕalla",
          "word": "لَعَلَّ"
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          "english": "The students didn’t travel but their principal did.",
          "roman": "lam yusāfiri ṭ-ṭulābu lākin wakīluhum",
          "text": "لَمْ يُسَافِرِ الطُّلَابُ لٰكِنْ وَكِيلُهُمْ",
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      "roman": "ʔinna waʔaḵawātuhā",
      "word": "إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا"
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    {
      "roman": "ʔinna",
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      "roman": "ʔanna",
      "word": "أَنَّ"
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      "word": "لٰكِنَّ"
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      "roman": "kaʔanna",
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      "roman": "liʔanna",
      "word": "لِأَنَّ"
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      "roman": "laʕalla",
      "word": "لَعَلَّ"
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      "roman": "layta",
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      "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",
            "noalts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Persian: لیکِن (lēkin), لَٰکِن (lākin), لَاکِن (lākin)\nDari: لیکِن (lēkin)\nIranian Persian: لیکِن (liken) (uncommon)\nTajik: лекин (lekin)\n→ Azerbaijani: lakin\n→ Bengali: লেকিন (lekin)\n→ Chagatai:\nUyghur: لېكىن (lëkin)\nUzbek: lekin\n→ Hindustani:\nHindi: लेकिन (lekin)\nUrdu: لیکِن (lekin)\n→ Kurdish:\nCentral Kurdish: لێکن (lêkin)\nNorthern Kurdish: lêkin, lê\n→ Punjabi:\nGurmukhi script: ਲੇਕਿਨ (lekin), ਲੇਕਨ (lekan)\nShahmukhi script: لیکن (lekin, lekan)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Persian: لیکِن (lēkin), لَٰکِن (lākin), لَاکِن (lākin)\nDari: لیکِن (lēkin)\nIranian Persian: لیکِن (liken) (uncommon)\nTajik: лекин (lekin)\n→ Azerbaijani: lakin\n→ Bengali: লেকিন (lekin)\n→ Chagatai:\nUyghur: لېكىن (lëkin)\nUzbek: lekin\n→ Hindustani:\nHindi: लेकिन (lekin)\nUrdu: لیکِن (lekin)\n→ Kurdish:\nCentral Kurdish: لێکن (lêkin)\nNorthern Kurdish: lêkin, lê\n→ Punjabi:\nGurmukhi script: ਲੇਕਿਨ (lekin), ਲੇਕਨ (lekan)\nShahmukhi 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": "ota",
            "2": "لكن",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "lakin"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: لكن (lakin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: لكن (lakin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "lakin"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: lakin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: lakin"
    }
  ],
  "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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