ընդհանրապես
Armenian
Alternative forms
- ընդհանրապէս (əndhanrapēs) (traditional orthography spelling)
Etymology
From modern Old Armenian ընդհանրապէս (əndhanrapēs).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): [əndhɑnɾɑˈpɛs], (colloquial) IPA(key): [əntʰɑnɾɑˈpɛs], IPA(key): [ənˈtʰɑnɾɑpɛs]
- Hyphenation: ընդ‧հան‧րա‧պես
Adverb
ընդհանրապես • (əndhanrapes)
- in general, generally
- Ընդհանրապես մարդիկ չեն սիրում ձմեռը։ ― Əndhanrapes mardik čʿen sirum jmeṙə. ― People generally don't like winters.
- always, usually
- altogether, on the whole
- at all
- Ես ընդհանրապես ոչինչ չհասկացա։ ― Es əndhanrapes očʿinčʿ čʿhaskacʿa. ― I did not understand anything at all.
Usage notes
In colloquial speech Russian вообще́ (voobščé), pronounced as [vɑpʰˈʃɛ] and in very informal writing spelled as վաբշե (vabše), վապշե (vapše) or վափշե (vapʿše), is used instead.
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