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pastnieks

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Latvian

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Pastnieks

Etymology

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From pasts (“post, mail”) +‎ -nieks. First mentioned in 17th-18th century dictionaries.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pastnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: pastniece)

  1. postman, mailman (male postal worker who delivers mail to residential and commercial addresses)
    lielu un atbildīgu darbu katru dienu veic pastnieki, nogādājot vēstuli adresātam ― every day the postmen carry out important work, delivering letters to (their) addressees
    viņa saņēma pensiju, reizi mēnesī viņai to atnesa pastnieks ― she received a pension, the mailman brought it to her once a month
    jau pirms pusdienas pie vārtiem piestāja pastnieks un pasniedza zilgani pelēku aploksni ar trīsstūra zīmogu ― already before noon the mailman stood by the gate and delivered a bluish-gray envelope with a triangular stamp

Declension

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Declension of pastnieks (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative pastnieks pastnieki
genitive pastnieka pastnieku
dative pastniekam pastniekiem
accusative pastnieku pastniekus
instrumental pastnieku pastniekiem
locative pastniekā pastniekos
vocative pastniek pastnieki
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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “pasts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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