بَاڸ
baḷ
basic morphological information

conj.

before (conj.)
перед тем, как...
قبل أن
LS 80; CSOL I 513; CSOL II 431
text examples

a. ṣetk baḷ teráḥ ɛʰ di-mɔ́ˁaʰ ‘Did you look around before you reached the place, my grandchild?’ (CSOL I 2:43)

b. ken šéˀmonk ḥe di-máḥḷe ɛʰ dédoʰ baḷ teṣtát ‘You’ve judged my words too hastily, uncle, without even having looked’ (CSOL I 6:20)

c. di-ˀéṣbaḥ ˁes ḷe-méṭre baḷ ľinkéˁ έˀɛfo fáḥre temóḷe ḳáŝˁer wa-di-ḷeṭ gédaḥ id-ḥaʰ aḷ-ˁad yekóse ŝi ‘Whoever came to it at dawn before all the other people, it could fill his water-skin; but those who came later would find nothing’ (CSOL I 7:2)

semantic notes

With jussive (a, b, c).

root
bal