пошта

• почта (póčta), poczta, počta — obsolete
• pošta — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian почта (počta), from Middle Polish poczta, ultimately from Italian posta. Compare Russian по́чта (póčta) and Ukrainian по́шта (póšta).

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по́шта • (póšta) f inan (genitive по́шты, uncountable, relational adjective пашто́вы)

1. mail, post

   пасла́ць па по́шце ― paslácʹ pa póšcje ― to mail, to post

   разно́сіць по́шту ― raznósicʹ póštu ― to deliver the mail

   палява́я по́шта ― paljavája póšta ― field post

   ляту́чая по́шта ― ljatúčaja póšta ― airmail

   • 1892 [1878], Szymon Dickstein, translated by Напалеон Чарноцкі and Антон Ражаў, Dziadźka Anton, Tilsit: U drukarni Marii Krasoûskoj, translation of Ojciec Szymon, page 14:

     Ciapier budzim rachawać tak, szto akcyzu za tabaku, harbatu, cukier, za listy, szto poczta wozić, telegrapy, my niczoha nia płacim, a płaciać tolki kupcy i pany;

     Now we are going to do calculations, assuming that we are not paying excise duties on tobacco, tea and sugar. We also assume that we are not paying anything for letters carried by the post and for telegraph services. Only merchants and landlords are making these payments.

   • 1906, Цйотка, Першае чытанне для дзетак беларусаў, Пецярбург: „Загляне сонцэ и ў нашэ ваконцэ“, page 31:

     Хто купляе ў глаўным складзи ня менш як за поўрубель, той ня плациць за прасланне почтаю.

     Xto kupljaje ŭ hlaŭnym skladzi nja mjenš jak za póŭrubjelʹ, toj nja placicʹ za praslannje póčtaju.

     Anyone who buys at least half a ruble's worth from the main warehouse doesn't have to pay for delivery via post.

   • 1940 [1861], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Вялікія чаканні, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Great Expectations, page 285:

     Ад слуг я даведаўся, што Эстэла ў Парыжы і прасіў доктара паслаць ёй пісьмо з наступнаю-ж поштай.

     Ad sluh ja davjedaŭsja, što Estela ŭ Paryžy i prasiŭ dóktara paslacʹ joj pisʹmó z nastupnaju-ž póštaj.

2. post office
   • 1913, “Nowyje marki”, in Biełarus, number 1, page 6:

     Ad Nowaho Hodu pa pocztach paczali pradawać nowaho rysunku pacztowyje marki s partretami asob Carskaho Domu.

     Starting from the New Year, post offices began selling redesigned postage stamps featuring portraits of the members of the Czar Family.

   • 1939, Adam Stankievič, Biełaruski chryścijanski ruch, Vilnia: Vydańnie „Chryścijanskaj Dumki“, page 155:

     Na pošcie u Vaŭkavysku mnie kazali, što hazeta "Krynica" prychodziła, ale z pošty zabiraŭ jaje pasłaniec Izabelinskaha Načalnika.

     I've been told at the post office in Vaŭkavysk that the newspaper "Krynica" was arriving, but a representative of the authorities from Izabelin kept seizing it from the post office.

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2007), “почта”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 27 (поровенъ – прегрешити), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 414
• “пошта”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “пошта” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

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Borrowed from Russian по́чта (póčta), from Polish poczta, from Italian posta.

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пошта • (poşta)

1. mail, post
2. post office

• пошталық (poştalyq)
• пошташы (poştaşy)

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пошта • (pošta) f (relational adjective поштенски)

1. post, mail
2. post office

Inherited from Old Slovak pošta, ultimately from Italian posta. Cognates include Slovak pošta and Serbo-Croatian пошта / pošta.

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• Hyphenation: пош‧та

пошта (pošta) f (related adjective поштов or поштански)

1. mail, post

   по пошти ― po pošti ― by post

2. post office

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “пошта”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “post”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 218

From Venetan posta.

• IPA^(key): /pôʃta/

по̏шта f (Latin spelling pȍšta)

1. mail, post
2. post office

• “пошта”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Polish poczta.

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по́шта • (póšta) f inan (genitive по́шти, uncountable, relational adjective пошто́вий or пошта́рський)

1. mail, post
2. post office

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пошта”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “пошта”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)