pótom

See also: potom

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• pón (colloquial)
• potom (superseded)

Etymology

pó (“after”) +‎ tom (locative of ten (“that”)); cognate with Upper Sorbian potom, Czech potom, Polish potem, Serbo-Croatian potom, Russian пото́м (potóm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɨtɔm/, /ˈpɛtɔm/, (dated) /ˈpʊtɔm/

Adverb

pótom

1. then (at that time)
2. afterwards, then (soon afterwards)

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “pótom”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “pótom”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag