posel

See also: poseł and pošel

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈposɛl]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech posel, from Proto-Slavic *posъlъ.

Noun

posel m anim (female equivalent poselkyně)

1. messenger

Declension

Declension of posel (hard masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	posel	poslové
genitive	posla	poslů
dative	poslovi, poslu	poslům
accusative	posla	posly
vocative	posle	poslové
locative	poslovi, poslu	poslech
instrumental	poslem	posly

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

posel

1. masculine singular past active participle of posít

   Synonym: posil

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *posъlъ. By surface analysis, po +‎ sèl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̀ːsəʋ/

Noun

pósəł m inan

1. mission

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.	pôsel
gen. sing.	pôsla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pôsel	pôsla	pôsli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	pôsla	pôslov	pôslov
dative (dajȃlnik)	pôslu	pôsloma	pôslom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pôsel	pôsla	pôsle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pôslu	pôslih	pôslih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pôslom	pôsloma	pôsli

Further reading

• “posel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024