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Russian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Determiner
тому́ • (tomú) sg (demonstrative)
- masculine/neuter dative singular of тот (tot)
Pronoun
тому́ • (tomú) sg (demonstrative)
- masculine/neuter dative singular of тот (tot)
1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 3:5:И, воззрев на них с гневом, скорбя об ожесточении сердец их, говорит тому человеку: протяни руку твою. Он протянул, и стала рука его здорова, как другая.- I, vozzrev na nix s gnevom, skorbja ob ožestočenii serdec ix, govorit tomu čeloveku: protjani ruku tvoju. On protjanul, i stala ruka jevo zdorova, kak drugaja.
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Pronoun
тому́ • (tomú) n inan sg (demonstrative)
- dative of то (to)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
то́му • (tómu) m inan
- dative singular of том (tom)
Ukrainian
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Adverb
тому́ • (tomú)
- therefore, because of that, consequently (not to be confused with the conjunction "because", тому що)
- ago
- два ро́ки тому́ ― dva róky tomú ― two years ago
Synonyms
- (so, hence, thus, consequently): отже (otže) (same meaning, but it's a conjunction; moreover, it doesn't mean "ago")
Determiner
тому́ • (tomú)
- dative masculine/neuter singular of той (toj)
Determiner
то́му • (tómu)
- locative masculine/neuter singular of той (toj)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
то́му • (tómu) m inan
- inflection of том (tom):
- genitive singular
- dative singular
- Alternative form: то́мові (tómovi)