почтальон

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Etymology

Borrowed from French postillon, ultimately from Italian postiglione, influenced by по́чта (póčta), which is borrowed from Polish poczta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

почтальо́н • (počtalʹón) m anim (genitive почтальо́на, nominative plural почтальо́ны, genitive plural почтальо́нов, feminine почтальо́нша)

mailman, postman, letter carrier, mail carrier (post office employee)
Synonym: (rare) письмоно́сец (pisʹmonósec)

Declension

Declension of почтальо́н (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	почтальо́н počtalʹón	почтальо́ны počtalʹóny
genitive	почтальо́на počtalʹóna	почтальо́нов počtalʹónov
dative	почтальо́ну počtalʹónu	почтальо́нам počtalʹónam
accusative	почтальо́на počtalʹóna	почтальо́нов počtalʹónov
instrumental	почтальо́ном počtalʹónom	почтальо́нами počtalʹónami
prepositional	почтальо́не počtalʹóne	почтальо́нах počtalʹónax

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: poçtalyon
→ Ingrian: poštaljona

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