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لٰكِنْ

amendment particle · accusative particle  ·  1 entry  ·  Qur'ānic frequency 130

This is Lane’s article on لٰكِنْ. In the printed Lexicon he files it under لكن — that is where it appears on the page, not the word’s root.

Lane’s articleلٰكِنْ2 senses · 1 main
1

With the ن sākin, it has no grammatical effect on what follows.

1.1it means "but" after a negative statement, not after an affirmative one—إِلَّا
Show Lane's original text
, with the ن quiescent, has no government. It means But after a negative proposition: but not after an affirmative: see إِلَّا .