потъ

Old Church Slavonic

потъ

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *potъ (“sweat”).

Noun

потъ • (potŭ) m

1. sweat
   • from Vita Methodii, 0900800-0900820:

     философа потьна инъгда сърѣтъше людиѥ, рѣша ѥмоу; чьто сѧ потиши? дѣѥть онъ: съ гроубою сѧ чадью пьрѣхъ.

     filosofa potĭna inŭgda sŭrětŭše ljudije, rěša jemu; čĭto sę potiši? dějetĭ onŭ: sŭ gruboju sę čadĭju pĭrěxŭ.

     Once some people met a sweating philosopher and said to him: Why are you sweating? And he replied: I have been debating with crude people.

Derived terms

• оупотити (upotiti)
• потити (potiti)
• потънъ (potŭnŭ)
• потѣти (potěti)