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

• 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^[1], Rodopi, pages 61, 64