Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ещё (ješčó), бы (by). · all that is left is... (indicating that it would be worse if...) · if only (indicating impossibility and possibly a wish or irony)
eş: конечно, безусловно
Он то́лько что потеря́л рабо́ту, ещё бы ему́ потеря́ть жену́.
Ещё бы переименова́ть Волгогра́д в Сталингра́д, и мо́жно идти́ на октя́брьскую демонстра́цию.
köken: From Persian البته (albatte, “of course”), from Arabic اَلْبَتَّة (al-batta). Cognate with Tatar әлбәттә (älbättä), Kazakh әлбетте (älbette), Kyrgyz албетте (albette), Uzbek albatta, Turkmen elbetde, Azerbaijani əlbəttə, Turkish elbette, etc.
the reason is that (introducing the reason for a previous assertion and expecting ready agreement) · as is to be expected from someone who; as being · seeing as, since, inasmuch as (specifying and qualifying a situation)
köken: For quid (“what, why, well!”, interjection) + -pe, the same corroborating particle seen in nempe; see also quispiam.
aile: quippinī
Mene incepto desistere victam, nec posse Italia Teucrorum avertere regem?