South Levantine Arabic
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Etymology
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From لا (la, “don't”) + یكون (ykūn, “to be”, subjunctive).
Particle
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ليكون • (laykūn)
- 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?
