potok

See also: поток

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpotok]

Noun

potok m inan

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, 1935–1957
• potok in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• potok in Internetová jazyková příručka

Polish

Etymology

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, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• potok in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pòtok m (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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *potokъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔtɔk/

Noun

potok m inan (genitive singular potoka, nominative plural potoky, genitive plural potokov, declension pattern of dub)

1. stream

   Synonym: prúd

Declension

Declension of potok

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

Derived terms

• potočný
• potôčik m

References

• “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, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *potokъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̀ːtɔk/

Noun

pótok m inan

1. stream

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	pôtok
gen. sing.	potóka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pôtok	potóka	potóki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	potóka	potókov	potókov
dative (dajȃlnik)	potóku	potókoma	potókom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pôtok	potóka	potóke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	potóku	potókih	potókih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	potókom	potókoma	potóki

Further reading

• “potok”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran