أما

Etymology 1
, the original thought being “that this matter be touched”, “be it that”, or just a dialectal variant of disjunctive as  can well be used for positing two alternatives.

Conjunction

 * 1) as for;

Usage notes

 * It doesn't affect the case of the noun that follows:

Descendants

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Etymology 2
From.

Particle

 * 1) verily, truly, indeed, oh yes!

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) as for
 * 2) but

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) whereas, as for, but

Usage notes

 * Note that can only be used in the third sense before an elative adjective, whereas  is more flexible. Although  could be used before an elative adjective, it is most commonly seen before a nominal phrase introduced by.