потом

Russian

Etymology 1

Univerbation of по (po, after, upon) +‎ том (tom, that).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐˈtom]
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Adverb

пото́м • (potóm)

  1. afterwards, afterward, after that
  2. then
    Synonyms: там (tam), затем (zatem), впоследствии (vposledstvii)
    • 1846, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “III”, in Двойник; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Double, 1917:
      Прочтя́ стро́чки две, он встал, посмотре́лся в зе́ркало, опра́вился и огла́дился; пото́м подошё́л к окну́ и погляде́л, тут ли его́ каре́та… пото́м опя́ть сел на ме́сто и взял газе́ту.
      Pročtjá stróčki dve, on vstal, posmotrélsja v zérkalo, oprávilsja i ogládilsja; potóm podošól k oknú i pogljadél, tut li jevó karéta… potóm opjátʹ sel na mésto i vzjal gazétu.
      After reading a couple of lines he stood up and looked in the looking-glass, set himself to rights and smoothed himself down; then he went to the window and looked to see whether his carriage was there . . . then he sat down again in his place and took up the paper.
  3. later
    Я э́то сде́лаю пото́м.
    Ja éto sdélaju potóm.
    I will do that later.
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpotəm]

Noun

по́том • (pótomm inan

  1. instrumental singular of пот (pot, sweat)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒtoːm/
  • Hyphenation: по‧том

Adverb

по̀то̄м (Latin spelling pòtōm)

  1. afterward
  2. after that, subsequently, then

Derived terms

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɔtɔm]

Noun

по́том • (pótomm inan

  1. instrumental singular of піт (pit, sweat)