ապա

See also: ապա-

Armenian

Pronunciation

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

(Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɑbɑ́]
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Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ապա (apa).

Adverb

ապա • (apa)

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

Conjunction

ապա • (apa)

so, therefore, consequently
Synonyms: ուրեմն (uremn), հետևաբար (hetewabar)

ապա ուրեմն ― apa uremn ― so, therefore, consequently
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)

well, so
Synonyms: դե (de), հապա (hapa)

Alternative forms

աբա (aba)

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, Rodopi, pages 61, 64

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