عن رٞاجُم بَاه
ˁan (ˁar) régom bɛʰ
basic morphological information

adv.

unless, if not, but, however; if not for
но, несмотря на...
رغماً عن
CSOL II 563; CSOL III 187
text examples

1.

a. ḳáḷaˁ tho ˁag be-ˀóben wa-hέmen toˀóte tho di-ri ˁan (ˁar) régom bɛʰ áḷḷaʰ enṣéḷes di-naṣf ‘A man hurled a stone at me, and it would have hit my head had God not made it veer’ (CSOL II 30:18)

b. ḷe-ˁam ʸheʰ ṭad diyáḥŝeʸh d-kséˀiš aḷ-ˁad yeḥóre hiš men baˁš ˁan (ˁarrégom bɛʰ ˁérob ber ˁad yéḥeḷ nḥaṭ ḳárḳehɛr ˁáfer ‘Had anybody else found it, he wouldn’t have looked for its owner—had he not known that someday he’ll be under the red soiľ (CSOL II 30:18)

2. 

a. ˁámok ɛʰ hέmen báraḥ be-ḳáneʰ di-ˁö́bhor ˁan (ˁar) régom bɛʰ aḷ-ṭad diyáḥŝeʸh etóuyhɛn ‘And I said: “Ha, you almost landed in the well! If it hadn’t been you but somebody else, some weakling...”’ (CSOL II 30:18)

 

semantic notes

This combination is typically used when the speaker is satisified with the output of a doubtful or problematic situation.

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