How to say "but" in Arabic
False friendMeaningbut
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
لٰكِن
lākinלאכן
لكن
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אבל
avalأَڤَال
How the two words are related
False friend
Sounds like a Hebrew word but means something else — handle with care.
Probably no relation to any Hebrew word (its building blocks are debated), but it sounds uncannily like לכן — which means "therefore", nearly the opposite connector. Hear lākin, think אבל.
Related Hebrew word:לכןlakhenلَاخِن
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In a phrase
اَلْبَيْت جَمِيل لٰكِن صَغِير
al-bayt jamīl lākin ṣaghīrאל-בית ג'מיל לאכן צע'ירThe house is beautiful but small.