potok

See also: Potok and поток

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech potok, from Proto-Slavic *potokъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpotok]

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Noun

potok m inan (diminutive potůček)

1. stream

Declension

Declension of potok (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	potok	potoky
genitive	potoka	potoků
dative	potoku	potokům
accusative	potok	potoky
vocative	potoku	potoky
locative	potoku, potoce	potocích
instrumental	potokem	potoky

Derived terms

• potoční
• potůček

Further reading

• “potok”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “potok”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “potok”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Polish

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

Polish potok

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *potokъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.tɔk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔtɔk
• Syllabification: po‧tok

Noun

potok m inan (diminutive potoczek)

1. torrent
2. stream, creek
3. (computing) pipe
4. (computing) pipeline

Declension

Declension of potok

	singular	plural
nominative	potok	potoki
genitive	potoku	potoków
dative	potokowi	potokom
accusative	potok	potoki
instrumental	potokiem	potokami
locative	potoku	potokach
vocative	potoku	potoki

Derived terms

adjective

• potokowy

noun

• potokowość

Further reading

• “potok”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “potok”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *potokъ. Morphologically po- +‎ tok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǒtok/
• Hyphenation: po‧tok

Noun

pòtok m inan (Cyrillic spelling по̀ток)

1. brook, stream

Declension

Declension of potok

	singular	plural
nominative	pòtok	potoci
genitive	potoka	pȍtōkā
dative	potoku	potocima
accusative	potok	potoke
vocative	potoče	potoci
locative	potoku	potocima
instrumental	potokom	potocima

Derived terms

• pòtočić (diminutive)
• pòtočnī

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *potokъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔtɔk/, [ˈpɔtɔk]
• Rhymes: -ɔtɔk
• Hyphenation: po‧tok

Noun

potok m inan (relational adjective potočný, diminutive potôčik)

1. stream

   Synonym: prúd

Declension

Declension of potok
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	potok	potoky
genitive	potoka	potokov
dative	potoku	potokom
accusative	potok	potoky
locative	potoku	potokoch
instrumental	potokom	potokmi

Derived terms

nouns

• potočnica
• potočník

Further reading

• “potok”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
• “potok”, in Atlas slovenského jazyka IV [Slovak Linguistic Atlas IV] (in Slovak), number 7, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *potokъ. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian pòtok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̀ːtɔk/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̀ːtɔk
• Hyphenation: po‧tok

Noun

pótok m inan

1. stream (smaller, flowing water in a streambed)
   • 2007, Kraški pojavi, razkriti med gradnjo slovenskih avtocest‎^[3], Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, →ISBN, page 98:

     Tu se stekajo potoki s pobočij Nanosa, Močilnik in potoki z Brd.

     Here the streams from the slopes of Nanos, Močilnik and the streams from Brda converge.

2. (expressive, usually in the plural) stream (a large amount of something flowing) [with genitive]

Declension

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, animate) , mobile accent
nom. sing.	pótok
gen. sing.	potọ́ka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	pótok	potọ́ka	potọ́ki
genitive rodȋlnik	potọ́ka	potọ́kov	potọ́kov
dative dajȃlnik	potọ́ku, potọ́ki	potọ́koma, potọ́kama	potọ́kom, potọ́kam
accusative tožȋlnik	potọ́ka	potọ́ka	potọ́ke
locative mẹ̑stnik	potọ́ku, potọ́ki	potọ́kih, potọ́kah	potọ́kih, potọ́kah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	potọ́kom	potọ́koma, potọ́kama	potọ́ki
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	pótok	potọ́ka	potọ́ki

Further reading

• “potok”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “potok”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references