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Armenian
Pronunciation
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
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