ընդհանրապես
Armenian
editAlternative forms
edit- ընդհանրապէս (əndhanrapēs) — traditional orthography
Etymology
editընդհանուր (əndhanur) + -ապես (-apes)
Pronunciation
edit- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /əntʰhɑnɾɑˈpes/, [əntʰhɑnɾɑpés]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /ənthɑnɾɑˈbes/, [əntʰhɑnɾɑbés]
- Hyphenation: ընդ‧հան‧րա‧պես
Adverb
editընդհանրապես • (əndhanrapes)
- in general, generally
- Ընդհանրապես մարդիկ չեն սիրում ձմեռը։ ― Əndhanrapes mardik čʻen sirum jmeṙə. ― People generally don't like winters.
- always, usually
- altogether, on the whole
- at all
- Ես ընդհանրապես ոչինչ չհասկացա։ ― Es əndhanrapes očʻinčʻ čʻhaskacʻa. ― I did not understand anything at all.
Usage notes
editIn colloquial Eastern Armenian the Russian вообще́ (voobščé), pronounced as [vɑpʰˈʃɛ] and in very informal writing spelled as վաբշե (vabše), վապշե (vapše) or վափշե (vapʻše), is used instead.
References
edit- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ընդհանրապէս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 200b
- J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “ընդհանրապէս”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 539b