գրեթե

Armenian

Alternative forms

• գրե թե (gre tʻe) — dated
• գրեթէ (gretʻē) — traditional orthography

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գրեթէ (gretʻē), from գրեա՛ թէ (greá tʻē), imperative of գրեմ (grem, “to write”).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈɾetʰe/, [ɡəɾétʰe]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /kəˈɾete/, [kʰəɾétʰe]

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Adverb

գրեթե • (gretʻe)

1. almost, nearly

   Synonym: համարյա (hamarya)

Usage notes

Note the stress on the penultimate syllable.

References

• Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 48