"أما" meaning in South Levantine Arabic

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        "1": "ajp",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "أَمَّا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ʔamma",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "ʔamma"
      },
      "expansion": "أما • (ʔamma)",
      "name": "ajp-conjunction"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "South Levantine Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ajp",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I can give you a thousand shekels — as for two thousand, I really can't right now.",
          "roman": "ʔalf šēkel mumken aʕṭīk, ʔamma ʔalfēn halla walla mā baʔdar.",
          "text": "ألف شيكل ممكن اعطيك — أمّا ألفين، هلا والله ما بقدر.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "كل هادا، معليش — أمّا يكذب علي كمان؟\nkull hāda, maʕlēš — ʔamma yikzeb ʕalay kamān?\nAll of this is fine — but that he should lie to me too?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whereas, as for, but"
      ],
      "id": "en-أما-ajp-conj-ZkHoISQA",
      "links": [
        [
          "whereas",
          "whereas"
        ],
        [
          "as for",
          "as for"
        ],
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "بسّ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "دخلنا جول — أمّا شو جول!\ndaḵalna gōl — ʔamma šū gōl!\nWe scored a goal — what a goal!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to indicate surprise or other strong feelings in an exclamation"
      ],
      "id": "en-أما-ajp-conj-bPRxf32o",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ما"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔam.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔam.ma]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "أما"
}

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  "categories": [
    "South Levantine Arabic conjunctions",
    "South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "South Levantine Arabic lemmas",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms with audio links"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajp",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "أَمَّا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ʔamma",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "ʔamma"
      },
      "expansion": "أما • (ʔamma)",
      "name": "ajp-conjunction"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "South Levantine Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ajp",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "South Levantine Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I can give you a thousand shekels — as for two thousand, I really can't right now.",
          "roman": "ʔalf šēkel mumken aʕṭīk, ʔamma ʔalfēn halla walla mā baʔdar.",
          "text": "ألف شيكل ممكن اعطيك — أمّا ألفين، هلا والله ما بقدر.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "كل هادا، معليش — أمّا يكذب علي كمان؟\nkull hāda, maʕlēš — ʔamma yikzeb ʕalay kamān?\nAll of this is fine — but that he should lie to me too?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whereas, as for, but"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whereas",
          "whereas"
        ],
        [
          "as for",
          "as for"
        ],
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "بسّ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "South Levantine Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "دخلنا جول — أمّا شو جول!\ndaḵalna gōl — ʔamma šū gōl!\nWe scored a goal — what a goal!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to indicate surprise or other strong feelings in an exclamation"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ما"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔam.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔam.ma]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "أما"
}