pastniece

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See also: pastniecē

Latvian

Pastniece

Etymology

From pasts (“post, mail”) +‎ -niece, or pastnieks (“postman, mailman”) +‎ -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).

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Noun

pastniece f (5th declension, masculine form: pastnieks)

  1. postwoman, mailwoman (female postal worker who delivers mail to residential and commercial addresses)
    pagājušajā gadā ar sūtījumā ievietoto ķīmisko vielu saindējusies pastniece pametusi darbu Latvijas Pastā ― last year, a postwoman who was poisoned by chemicals placed in a postal package gave up her work at Latvian Mail

Declension

Declension of pastniece (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) pastniece pastnieces
genitive (ģenitīvs) pastnieces pastnieču
dative (datīvs) pastniecei pastniecēm
accusative (akuzatīvs) pastnieci pastnieces
instrumental (instrumentālis) pastnieci pastniecēm
locative (lokatīvs) pastniecē pastniecēs
vocative (vokatīvs) pastniece pastnieces
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