ընդհանրապես

Armenian

Alternative forms

• ընդհանրապէս (əndhanrapēs) — traditional orthography

Etymology

ընդհանուր (əndhanur) +‎ -ապես (-apes)

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /əntʰhanɹaˈpes/ [əntʰhɑnɹɑˈpes]
  • (Eastern Armenian, colloquial) IPA^(key): /əntʰanɹaˈpes/ [əntʰɑnɹɑˈpes]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /ənthanɹaˈbes/ [əntʰhɑnɹɑˈbes]
  • (Western Armenian, colloquial) IPA^(key): /əntanɹaˈbes/ [əntʰɑnɹɑˈbes]
• 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

• 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