потому
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Univerbation of the preposition по (po, “according to”) + тому́ (tomú), dative singular of тот (tot, “that”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
потому́ • (potomú)
- therefore, because of that, consequently
- Synonyms: поэ́тому (poétomu), сле́довательно (slédovatelʹno)
- и потому́
- i potomú
- and consequently
Derived terms edit
- потому́ что (potomú što, “because”)
- потому́чка (potomúčka, “a person who answers questions”)
Ukrainian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
пото́му • (potómu)
- (colloquial) later
- Synonym: по́тім (pótim)