գրեթե

Armenian

Alternative forms

գրե թե (gre tʻe) — dated
գրեթէ (gretʻē) — traditional orthography

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գրեթէ (gretʻē), from գրեա՛ թէ (greá tʻē), imperative of գրեմ (grem, “to write”).

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɡəɾétʰe]

(Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [kʰəɾétʰe]
Audio (Eastern Armenian) (file)

Adverb

գրեթե • (gretʻe)

almost, nearly
Synonym: համարյա (hamarya)

Usage notes

Note the stress on the penultimate syllable.

References

Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 48

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