поток

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó

Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa

Proto-Slavic *po

Proto-Slavic *po-

Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ-

Proto-Balto-Slavic *tek-

Proto-Slavic *teťi

Proto-Slavic *poteťideverb.

Proto-Slavic *potokъ

Old Church Slavonic потокъ (potokŭ)

Bulgarian поток

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic потокъ (potokŭ), from Proto-Slavic *potokъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poˈtɔk]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Homophone: Поток (Potok)
• Syllabification^(key): по‧ток

Noun

пото́к • (potók) m (relational adjective пото́чен, diminutive пото́че)

1. stream, torrent
2. brook

Declension

Declension of пото́к

	singular	plural
indefinite	пото́к potók	пото́ци potóci
definite (subject form)	пото́кът potókăt	пото́ците potócite
definite (object form)	пото́ка potóka
count form	—	пото́ка potóka

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *potokъ. Morphologically по- (po-) +‎ ток (tok).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔtɔk]
• Hyphenation: по‧ток

Noun

поток • (potok) m (diminutive поточе)

1. brook
2. stream, torrent
3. flow
4. (figurative) crowd

Declension

Declension of поток

	singular	plural
indefinite	поток (potok)	потоци (potoci)
definite unspecified	потокот (potokot)	потоците (potocite)
definite proximal	потоков (potokov)	потоциве (potocive)
definite distal	потокон (potokon)	потоцине (potocine)
vocative	потоку (potoku)	потоци (potoci)
count form	—	потока (potoka)

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *potokъ. Morphologically по- (po-) +‎ ток (tok).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈtok]

• Audio:

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Noun

пото́к • (potók) m inan (genitive пото́ка, nominative plural пото́ки, genitive plural пото́ков, relational adjective пото́чный)

1. stream
2. torrent
3. flow
4. assembly line production
5. (computing) thread
6. (historical) a form of punishment in medieval Russia when a criminal was exiled and property was confiscated, later the criminal was enslaved and property given away

Declension

Declension of пото́к (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пото́к potók	пото́ки potóki
genitive	пото́ка potóka	пото́ков potókov
dative	пото́ку potóku	пото́кам potókam
accusative	пото́к potók	пото́ки potóki
instrumental	пото́ком potókom	пото́ками potókami
prepositional	пото́ке potóke	пото́ках potókax

Derived terms

Compounds:

• пото́к созна́ния m (potók soznánija)
• ста́вить на пото́к impf (stávitʹ na potók), поста́вить на пото́к pf (postávitʹ na potók)

Related terms

• течь (tečʹ)
• ток m (tok)

See also

поток и разграбление on the Russian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ru

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “поток”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
  • See:
    • Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “потекать”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
    • Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “поточить”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *potokъ. Morphologically по- +‎ ток.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǒtok/
• Hyphenation: по‧ток

Noun

по̀ток m inan (Latin spelling pòtok)

1. brook, stream

Declension

Declension of поток

	singular	plural
nominative	по̀ток	потоци
genitive	потока	по̏то̄ка̄
dative	потоку	потоцима
accusative	поток	потоке
vocative	поточе	потоци
locative	потоку	потоцима
instrumental	потоком	потоцима

Further reading

• “поток”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026