ընդհանրապես

Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

ընդհանրապէս (əndhanrapēs) — traditional orthography

Etymology edit

ընդհանուր (əndhanur) +‎ -ապես (-apes)

Pronunciation edit

(Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [əntʰhɑnɾɑˈpes]
- (Eastern Armenian, colloquial) IPA^(key): [əntʰɑnɾɑˈpes]
(Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [əntʰhɑnɾɑˈbes]
- (Western Armenian, colloquial) IPA^(key): [əntʰɑnɾɑˈbes]
Hyphenation: ընդ‧հան‧րա‧պես

Adverb edit

ընդհանրապես • (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 edit

In 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