ընդհանրապես

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

ընդհանուր (əndhanur) + -ապես (-apes)

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [əntʰhɑnɾɑpés]
    • (Eastern Armenian, colloquial) IPA(key): [əntʰɑnɾɑpés]
  • (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [əntʰhɑnɾɑbés]
    • (Western Armenian, colloquial) IPA(key): [əntʰɑnɾɑbés]
  • Hyphenation: ընդ‧հան‧րա‧պես

Adverb

ընդհանրապես • (əndhanrapes)

  1. in general, generally
    Ընդհանրապես մարդիկ չեն սիրում ձմեռը։Əndhanrapes mardik čʻen sirum jmeṙə.People generally don't like winters.
  2. always, usually
  3. altogether, on the whole
  4. at all
    Ես ընդհանրապես ոչինչ չհասկացա։Es əndhanrapes očʻinčʻ čʻhaskacʻa.I did not understand anything at all.

Usage notes

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

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