ապա

See also: ապա-

Armenian

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ɑˈpɑ/ [ɑpɑ́]
  • (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /ɑˈbɑ/ [ɑbɑ́]
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Etymology 1

    Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ապա (apa).

    Adverb

    ապա • (apa)

    1. then, after that, next
      Synonyms: հետո (heto), այնուհետև (aynuhetew)

    Conjunction

    ապա • (apa)

    1. so, therefore, consequently
      Synonyms: ուրեմն (uremn), հետևաբար (hetewabar)
      ապա ուրեմն ― apa uremn ― so, therefore, consequently
    2. however, but
      Synonyms: իսկ (isk), բայց (baycʻ)
      ապա թե ոչ ― apa tʻe očʻ ― if not, on the contrary

    References

    • “ապա”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Georgian აბა (aba), აპა (aṗa).

      Particle

      ապա • (apa)

      1. well, so
        Synonyms: դե (de), հապա (hapa)
      Alternative forms

      References

      • “ապա”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
      • Chirikba, Viacheslav A. (2008), “Armenians and their Dialects in Abkhazia”, in Alexander Lubotsky et al., editors, Evidence and Counter-Evidence: Essays in Honour of Frederik Kortlandt, Volume 2‎[1], Rodopi, pages 61, 64
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