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Latvian
Pastnieks
Etymology
From pasts(“post, mail”) + -nieks. First mentioned in 17th-18th century dictionaries.[1]
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
