после

See also: после-

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *poslě.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔslɛ]

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Adverb

по́сле • (pósle) (comparative по́-по́сле, superlative на́й-по́сле)

1. later, afterwards (at some time subsequent to a given time)

   Ще се видим после.

   Šte se vidim posle.

   See you later.

   После съжаляваше за това, което беше казала.

   Posle sǎžaljavaše za tova, koeto beše kazala.

   Afterwards she was sorry for what she’d said.

2. then (following next after in order of position, narration, or enumeration)

   Изпи чаша уиски, после още една и още една.

   Izpi čaša uiski, posle ošte edna i ošte edna.

   He drank a glass of whisky, then another and another.

3. Only used in по́-по́сле (pó-pósle, “later, afterwards”)
4. Only used in на́й-по́сле (náj-pósle, “finally, ultimately, eventually, at last; after all”)

Synonyms

• след това (sled tova), сетне (setne), по-късно (po-kǎsno), тогава (togava)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔslɛ]

Adverb

после • (posle) (comparative попосле, superlative најпосле)

1. afterwards, later

Preposition

после • (posle)

1. after

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *poslě.

Alternative forms

• по́слѣ (póslě) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpos⁽ʲ⁾lʲe]

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Preposition

по́сле • (pósle) [with genitive]

1. after (in time)

Related terms

• по́сле того́ как (pósle tovó kak)

Adverb

по́сле • (pósle)

1. later, afterwards

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• послѣ́ (poslě́) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐs⁽ʲ⁾ˈlʲe]

Noun

после́ • (poslé) m anim

1. prepositional singular of посо́л (posól, “ambassador, legate”)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• по̏слије (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *poslě.

Adverb

по̏сле (Latin spelling pȍsle)

1. later
2. afterwards

Preposition

по̏сле (Latin spelling pȍsle) (+ genitive case)

1. after