"ליש" meaning in South Levantine Arabic

See ליש in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: lēš [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|ajp|adverb|tr=lēš}} ליש • (lēš)
  1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of ليش (“why, what for”) Wikipedia link: Hebrew alphabet, Israeli Druze, South Levantine Arabic
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