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Latin
Verb
pōtem
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of pōtō
Old Czech
Pronunciation
Adverb
potem
- Alternative form of potom.
Conjunction
potem
- Alternative form of potom.
References
Old Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *potomь. By surface analysis, univerbation of po + tym. First attested in 1388.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /pɔtɛm/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /pɔtɛm/
Adverb
potem
- then, later, afterwards (occurring later in time)
- then, later, afterwards (occurring later in text)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “potem”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “potem”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “potem, potym”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.tɛm/
- Rhymes: -ɔtɛm
- Syllabification: po‧tem
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Polish potem. By surface analysis, univerbation of po + tym.
Adverb
potem (not comparable)
- then, later, afterwards
- Synonyms: dalej, później
- Antonyms: przedtem, wcześniej
Derived terms
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), potem is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 14 times in scientific texts, 9 times in news, 16 times in essays, 144 times in fiction, and 84 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 267 times, making it the 188th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
potem m
- instrumental singular of pot
References
- ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “potem”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 415
Further reading
- potem in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- potem in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “potem”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- “POTEM”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 04.02.2020
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “potem”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “potem”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- potem in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Slovene
Pronunciation
Adverb
potẹ̑m or potȅm
- then (after that)
- afterwards
Further reading
- “potem”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran