ليكون

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From لا‎ (la, “don't”) +‎ یكون‎ (ykūn, “to be”, subjunctive).

Particle

ليكون • (laykūn)

  1. let it not be
    ‏ليكون زعلتي.‎‎
    laykūn zʕilti
    Don't tell me you're upset.
    ‏ليكون خربطنا بالطريق؟‎‎
    laykūn ḵarbaṭna biṭ-ṭarīʔ?
    You don't think we might have gone the wrong way?
    ‏ليكون ضايقناك بس؟‎‎
    laykūn ḍāyaʔnāk bass?
    I just hope we haven't bothered you?
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