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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