لَكِنِّيbut I

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ الآخَرُ لَكِنِّي مَعَ رَجُلٍ إِنْ أَكَلَ لَمْ يَسْمِ اللَّهَ فَأَكَلْتُ أَنَا وَهُوَ جَمِيعًا

  The other said, 'But I am with a man; if he eats without saying the name of God, then I and he eat together.'

  لِكُنًى — but I. An adversative 'but / however' carrying the first-person ending '-i' (I), opening a contrast with the previous speaker. The particle flags that this man's situation is the opposite case.

  From: Staying Firm in Faith →