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)

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

• пото́мок m (potómok)
• пото́мство n (potómstvo)

See also

• зате́м (zatém)
• тогда́ (togdá)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• по́томъ (pótom) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpotəm]

Noun

по́том • (pótom) m 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

• по̀то̄мство

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔtɔm]

Noun

по́том • (pótom) m inan

1. instrumental singular of піт (pit, “sweat”)