потом
Russian
Etymology 1
Univerbation of по (po, “after, upon”) + том (tom, “that”).
Alternative forms
- пото́мъ (potóm) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɐˈtom]
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Adverb
пото́м • (potóm)
- afterwards, afterward, after that
- 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.
- later
Derived terms
- пото́мок m (potómok)
- пото́мство n (potómstvo)
See also
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- по́томъ (pótom) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpotəm]
Noun
по́том • (pótom) m inan
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pǒtoːm/
- Hyphenation: по‧том
Adverb
по̀то̄м (Latin spelling pòtōm)
Derived terms
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɔtɔm]
Noun
по́том • (pótom) m inan