pastnieks
Latvian
Pastnieks
Etymology
From pasts (“post, mail”) + -nieks. First mentioned in 17th-18th century dictionaries.[1]
Noun
pastnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: pastniece)
- 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
Declension of pastnieks (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | pastnieks | pastnieki |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | pastnieku | pastniekus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | pastnieka | pastnieku |
| dative (datīvs) | pastniekam | pastniekiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | pastnieku | pastniekiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | pastniekā | pastniekos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | pastnieks | pastnieki |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “pasts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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