rtsa ba nas
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རྩ་བ་ནས
absolute, fundamentally, basically, radically, never (when used with present and future tenses), emphatic negative adverb, never, in double negative constructions [JV]
basically, fundamentally / from its core, root, categorically; (not) at all [RY]
no at all; x chos la don gnyer ma byas na chos rtsa ba nas mi 'grub if you are not at all interested in the Dharma there will be no results at all [RY]
1) never, not ever; 2) not at all, none whatsoever; 3) basically, fundamentally, categorically, absolutely, radically; 4) at root, at its root, at core, at its core; 5) would never, could never. See rtsa bar and the similar khyon nas. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]