"لكن" meaning in Arabic

See لكن in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /laː.kin.na/
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 [error-unrecognized-form], لٰكِنَّنِي [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, first-person, masculine, singular], لٰكِنَّنَا [dual, feminine, first-person, masculine, plural], لٰكِنَّنَا [dual, first-person, plural], لٰكِنَّكَ [error-unrecognized-form, masculine, second-person, singular], لٰكِنَّكِ [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, second-person, singular], لٰكِنَّكُمَا [dual, error-unrecognized-form, second-person], لٰكِنَّكُمْ [error-unrecognized-form, masculine, plural, second-person], لٰكِنَّكُنَّ [feminine, plural, second-person], لٰكِنَّهُ [error-unrecognized-form, masculine, singular, third-person], لٰكِنَّهَا [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, singular, third-person], لٰكِنَّهُمَا [dual, error-unrecognized-form, third-person], لٰكِنَّهُمْ [error-unrecognized-form, masculine, plural, third-person], لٰكِنَّهُنَّ [feminine, plural, third-person]
  1. but, however Related terms: إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا (ʔinna wa-ʔaḵawātuhā), إِنَّ (ʔinna), أَنَّ (ʔanna), لٰكِنَّ (lākinna), كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna), لِأَنَّ (liʔanna), لَعَلَّ (laʕalla), لَيْتَ (layta)
    Sense id: en-لكن-ar-conj-hLMJpaam Categories (other): Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Sisters of ʾinna

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 Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural, Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular, Arabic nouns with broken plural, Central Kurdish terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 37 23 40 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural: 0 0 30 35 34 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 0 0 33 32 35 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with broken plural: 0 0 29 36 34 Disambiguation of Central Kurdish terms with redundant transliterations: 0 47 53
  3. but not, after an affirmative.
    Sense id: en-لكن-ar-conj-0OMxxVTt Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural, Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular, Arabic nouns with broken plural, Central Kurdish terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 37 23 40 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural: 0 0 30 35 34 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 0 0 33 32 35 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with broken plural: 0 0 29 36 34 Disambiguation of Central Kurdish terms with redundant transliterations: 0 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: وَلٰكِن (wa-lākin)

Noun

Head templates: {{ar-noun|لَكَن|m|pl=لُكُون|pl2=أَلْكَان}} لَكَن • (lakan) m (plural لُكُون (lukūn) or أَلْكَان (ʔalkān)) Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|لَكَن|pl=لُكُون|pl2=أَلْكَان}} Forms: لَكَن [canonical], lakan [romanization], لُكُون [plural], أَلْكَان [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], لَكَن [indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], اللَّكَن [definite, informal, singular, triptote], لَكَن [construct, informal, singular, triptote], لَكَنٌ [indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], اللَّكَنُ [definite, nominative, singular, triptote], لَكَنُ [construct, nominative, singular, triptote], لَكَنًا [accusative, indefinite, singular, triptote], اللَّكَنَ [accusative, definite, singular, triptote], لَكَنَ [accusative, construct, singular, triptote], لَكَنٍ [genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], اللَّكَنِ [definite, genitive, singular, triptote], لَكَنِ [construct, genitive, singular, triptote], لَكَنَيْن [dual, indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], اللَّكَنَيْن [definite, dual, informal, singular, triptote], لَكَنَيْ [construct, dual, informal, singular, triptote], لَكَنَانِ [dual, indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], اللَّكَنَانِ [definite, dual, nominative, singular, triptote], لَكَنَا [construct, dual, nominative, singular, triptote], لَكَنَيْنِ [accusative, dual, indefinite, singular, triptote], اللَّكَنَيْنِ [accusative, definite, dual, singular, triptote], لَكَنَيْ [accusative, construct, dual, singular, triptote], لَكَنَيْنِ [dual, genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], اللَّكَنَيْنِ [definite, dual, genitive, singular, triptote], لَكَنَيْ [construct, dual, genitive, singular, triptote], لُكُون [broken-form, indefinite, informal, plural, triptote], أَلْكَان [broken-form, indefinite, informal, plural, triptote], اللُّكُون [broken-form, definite, informal, plural, triptote], الْأَلْكَان [broken-form, definite, informal, plural, triptote], لُكُون [broken-form, construct, informal, plural, triptote], أَلْكَان [broken-form, construct, informal, plural, triptote], لُكُونٌ [broken-form, indefinite, nominative, plural, triptote], أَلْكَانٌ [broken-form, indefinite, nominative, plural, triptote], اللُّكُونُ [broken-form, definite, nominative, plural, triptote], الْأَلْكَانُ [broken-form, definite, nominative, plural, triptote], لُكُونُ [broken-form, construct, nominative, plural, triptote], أَلْكَانُ [broken-form, construct, nominative, plural, triptote], لُكُونًا [accusative, broken-form, indefinite, plural, triptote], أَلْكَانًا [accusative, broken-form, indefinite, plural, triptote], اللُّكُونَ [accusative, broken-form, definite, plural, triptote], الْأَلْكَانَ [accusative, broken-form, definite, plural, triptote], لُكُونَ [accusative, broken-form, construct, plural, triptote], أَلْكَانَ [accusative, broken-form, construct, plural, triptote], لُكُونٍ [broken-form, genitive, indefinite, plural, triptote], أَلْكَانٍ [broken-form, genitive, indefinite, plural, triptote], اللُّكُونِ [broken-form, definite, genitive, plural, triptote], الْأَلْكَانِ [broken-form, definite, genitive, plural, triptote], لُكُونِ [broken-form, construct, genitive, plural, triptote], أَلْكَانِ [broken-form, construct, genitive, plural, triptote]
  1. Alternative form of لَقَن (laqan, “basin, bowl”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: لَقَن (extra: laqan, “basin, bowl”)
    Sense id: en-لكن-ar-noun-SWS91a35 Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural, Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular, Arabic nouns with broken plural Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 37 23 40 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural: 0 0 30 35 34 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 0 0 33 32 35 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with broken plural: 0 0 29 36 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "لٰكِنَّ",
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    },
    {
      "form": "lākinna",
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        "masculine",
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    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّكَ",
      "roman": "lākinnaka",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّكِ",
      "roman": "lākinnaki",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "لٰكِنَّكُمَا",
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        "dual",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّكُمْ",
      "roman": "lākinnakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّكُنَّ",
      "roman": "lākinnakunna",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّهُ",
      "roman": "lākinnahu",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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    },
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      "form": "لٰكِنَّهَا",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّهُمَا",
      "roman": "lākinnahumā",
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      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّهُمْ",
      "roman": "lākinnahum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّهُنَّ",
      "roman": "lākinnahunna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "لٰكِنَّ"
      },
      "expansion": "لٰكِنَّ • (lākinna)",
      "name": "ar-con"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "but, however"
      ],
      "id": "en-لكن-ar-conj-hLMJpaam",
      "links": [
        [
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          "but"
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        [
          "however",
          "however"
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      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "ʔinna wa-ʔaḵawātuhā",
          "word": "إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ʔinna",
          "word": "إِنَّ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ʔanna",
          "word": "أَنَّ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lākinna",
          "word": "لٰكِنَّ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kaʔanna",
          "word": "كَأَنَّ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "liʔanna",
          "word": "لِأَنَّ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "laʕalla",
          "word": "لَعَلَّ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "layta",
          "word": "لَيْتَ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laː.kin.na/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "لكن"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "wa-lākin",
      "word": "وَلٰكِن"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "ajp",
            "2": "لاكن",
            "tr": "lāken"
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          "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"
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          "name": "desctree"
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      ],
      "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)"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "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)"
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "lakin"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: lakin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: lakin"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنْ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lākin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "لٰكِنْ"
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      "expansion": "لٰكِنْ • (lākin)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "but, however"
      ],
      "id": "en-لكن-ar-conj-hLMJpaam1",
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
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        [
          "however",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 37 23 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 30 35 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural",
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        {
          "_dis": "0 0 33 32 35",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 29 36 34",
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Central Kurdish terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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              30
            ]
          ],
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            [
              22,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              32
            ]
          ],
          "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 37 23 40",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 30 35 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 33 32 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 29 36 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with broken plural",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Central Kurdish terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "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"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "لَكَن",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lakan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُكُون",
      "roman": "lukūn",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَلْكَان",
      "roman": "ʔalkān",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    {
      "form": "ar-decl-noun",
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        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "لَكَن",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّكَن",
      "roman": "al-lakan",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَن",
      "roman": "lakan",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنٌ",
      "roman": "lakanun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
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    {
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        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
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        "singular",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "لَكَنَ",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
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    {
      "form": "لَكَنَيْن",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "triptote"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "triptote"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "construct",
        "dual",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنَانِ",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّكَنَانِ",
      "roman": "al-lakanāni",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنَا",
      "roman": "lakanā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "lakanayni",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "اللَّكَنَيْنِ",
      "roman": "al-lakanayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنَيْ",
      "roman": "lakanay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنَيْنِ",
      "roman": "lakanayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّكَنَيْنِ",
      "roman": "al-lakanayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنَيْ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُكُون",
      "roman": "lukūn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَلْكَان",
      "roman": "ʔalkān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّكُون",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْأَلْكَان",
      "roman": "al-ʔalkān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُكُون",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "broken-form",
        "construct",
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        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَلْكَان",
      "roman": "ʔalkān",
      "source": "declension",
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        "triptote"
      ]
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        "broken-form",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَلْكَانٌ",
      "roman": "ʔalkānun",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
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        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْأَلْكَانُ",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "broken-form",
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        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "triptote"
      ]
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    {
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      "tags": [
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        "construct",
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        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُكُونًا",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَلْكَانًا",
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        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّكُونَ",
      "roman": "al-lukūna",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْأَلْكَانَ",
      "roman": "al-ʔalkāna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُكُونَ",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَلْكَانَ",
      "roman": "ʔalkāna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُكُونٍ",
      "roman": "lukūnin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَلْكَانٍ",
      "roman": "ʔalkānin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّكُونِ",
      "roman": "al-lukūni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْأَلْكَانِ",
      "roman": "al-ʔalkāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُكُونِ",
      "roman": "lukūni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَلْكَانِ",
      "roman": "ʔalkāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "لَكَن",
        "2": "m",
        "pl": "لُكُون",
        "pl2": "أَلْكَان"
      },
      "expansion": "لَكَن • (lakan) m (plural لُكُون (lukūn) or أَلْكَان (ʔalkān))",
      "name": "ar-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "لَكَن",
        "pl": "لُكُون",
        "pl2": "أَلْكَان"
      },
      "name": "ar-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "laqan, “basin, bowl”",
          "word": "لَقَن"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 37 23 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 30 35 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 33 32 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 29 36 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with broken plural",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of لَقَن (laqan, “basin, bowl”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-لكن-ar-noun-SWS91a35",
      "links": [
        [
          "لَقَن",
          "لقن#Arabic:_basin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "لكن"
}

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  "categories": [
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    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic masculine nouns",
    "Arabic nouns",
    "Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural",
    "Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
    "Arabic nouns with broken plural",
    "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Arabic terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sisters of ʾinna"
  ],
  "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.",
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      "form": "لٰكِنَّ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lākinna",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّ",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّنِي",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّنَا",
      "roman": "lākinnanā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّنَا",
      "roman": "lākinnanā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّكَ",
      "roman": "lākinnaka",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّكِ",
      "roman": "lākinnaki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّكُمَا",
      "roman": "lākinnakumā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّكُمْ",
      "roman": "lākinnakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّكُنَّ",
      "roman": "lākinnakunna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّهُ",
      "roman": "lākinnahu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّهَا",
      "roman": "lākinnahā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّهُمَا",
      "roman": "lākinnahumā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّهُمْ",
      "roman": "lākinnahum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لٰكِنَّهُنَّ",
      "roman": "lākinnahunna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "لٰكِنَّ"
      },
      "expansion": "لٰكِنَّ • (lākinna)",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "conj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "ʔinna wa-ʔaḵawātuhā",
      "word": "إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ʔinna",
      "word": "إِنَّ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ʔanna",
      "word": "أَنَّ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lākinna",
      "word": "لٰكِنَّ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kaʔanna",
      "word": "كَأَنَّ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liʔanna",
      "word": "لِأَنَّ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "laʕalla",
      "word": "لَعَلَّ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "layta",
      "word": "لَيْتَ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "but, however"
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      "links": [
        [
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          "but"
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        [
          "however",
          "however"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laː.kin.na/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "لكن"
}

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    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "wa-lākin",
      "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",
            "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "لٰكِنْ"
      },
      "expansion": "لٰكِنْ • (lākin)",
      "name": "ar-con"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "but, however"
      ],
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        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ],
        [
          "however",
          "however"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
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              27,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              32
            ]
          ],
          "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"
      ],
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        [
          "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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      "form": "lakan",
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    {
      "form": "لُكُون",
      "roman": "lukūn",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَلْكَان",
      "roman": "ʔalkān",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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    {
      "form": "اللَّكَن",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَن",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنٌ",
      "roman": "lakanun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّكَنُ",
      "roman": "al-lakanu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنُ",
      "roman": "lakanu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنًا",
      "roman": "lakanan",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّكَنَ",
      "roman": "al-lakana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنَ",
      "roman": "lakana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "construct",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنٍ",
      "roman": "lakanin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّكَنِ",
      "roman": "al-lakani",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنِ",
      "roman": "lakani",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنَيْن",
      "roman": "lakanayn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّكَنَيْن",
      "roman": "al-lakanayn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنَيْ",
      "roman": "lakanay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنَانِ",
      "roman": "lakanāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّكَنَانِ",
      "roman": "al-lakanāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنَا",
      "roman": "lakanā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنَيْنِ",
      "roman": "lakanayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّكَنَيْنِ",
      "roman": "al-lakanayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنَيْ",
      "roman": "lakanay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنَيْنِ",
      "roman": "lakanayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّكَنَيْنِ",
      "roman": "al-lakanayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَكَنَيْ",
      "roman": "lakanay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُكُون",
      "roman": "lukūn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَلْكَان",
      "roman": "ʔalkān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّكُون",
      "roman": "al-lukūn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْأَلْكَان",
      "roman": "al-ʔalkān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُكُون",
      "roman": "lukūn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَلْكَان",
      "roman": "ʔalkān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُكُونٌ",
      "roman": "lukūnun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَلْكَانٌ",
      "roman": "ʔalkānun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّكُونُ",
      "roman": "al-lukūnu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْأَلْكَانُ",
      "roman": "al-ʔalkānu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُكُونُ",
      "roman": "lukūnu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَلْكَانُ",
      "roman": "ʔalkānu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُكُونًا",
      "roman": "lukūnan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَلْكَانًا",
      "roman": "ʔalkānan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّكُونَ",
      "roman": "al-lukūna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْأَلْكَانَ",
      "roman": "al-ʔalkāna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُكُونَ",
      "roman": "lukūna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَلْكَانَ",
      "roman": "ʔalkāna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُكُونٍ",
      "roman": "lukūnin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَلْكَانٍ",
      "roman": "ʔalkānin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللُّكُونِ",
      "roman": "al-lukūni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْأَلْكَانِ",
      "roman": "al-ʔalkāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لُكُونِ",
      "roman": "lukūni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَلْكَانِ",
      "roman": "ʔalkāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "triptote"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "لَكَن",
        "2": "m",
        "pl": "لُكُون",
        "pl2": "أَلْكَان"
      },
      "expansion": "لَكَن • (lakan) m (plural لُكُون (lukūn) or أَلْكَان (ʔalkān))",
      "name": "ar-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "لَكَن",
        "pl": "لُكُون",
        "pl2": "أَلْكَان"
      },
      "name": "ar-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "laqan, “basin, bowl”",
          "word": "لَقَن"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of لَقَن (laqan, “basin, bowl”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "لَقَن",
          "لقن#Arabic:_basin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "لكن"
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: لكن/Arabic 'base form' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "لكن"
  ],
  "section": "Arabic",
  "subsection": "conjunction",
  "title": "لكن",
  "trace": ""
}

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