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