lakin
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Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
lakin (plural lakins)
- (rare) A toy.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 9: Scylla and Charybdis]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 193:
- And the gay lakin, mistress Fitton, mount and cry O, and his dainty birdsnies, lady Penelope Rich, a clean quality woman is suited for a player, and the punks of the bankside, a penny a time.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
lakin (plural lakins)
- Obsolete form of ladykin.
- c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame. […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, […], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
- Bot[tom]. There are things in this Comedy of Piramus and Thisby, that will neuer pleaſe. Firſt, Piramus muſt draw a ſword to kill himſelfe; which the Ladys cannot abide. How anſwer you that? / Snout. Berlaken, a parlous feare.
- Bottom. There are things in this comedy of Pyramus and Thisbe that will never please. First, Pyramus must draw a sword to kill himself, which the ladies cannot abide. How do you answer that? / Snout. By 'r lakin [i.e., by our Lady], a dire problem.
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Azerbaijani[edit]
Cyrillic | лакин | |
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Abjad | لاکین |
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin, “but, however”).
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Finnish[edit]
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lakin
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Arabic لٰكِنْ (lākin, “but”).
Conjunction[edit]
lakin
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