pastnieks

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Latvian

Pastnieks

Etymology

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

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Noun

pastnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: pastniece)

  1. postman, mailman (male postal worker who delivers mail to residential and commercial addresses)
    lielu un atbildīgu darbu katru dienu veic pastnieki, nogādājot vēstuli adresātamevery day the postmen carry out important work, delivering letters to (their) addressees
    viņa saņēma pensiju, reizi mēnesī viņai to atnesa pastnieksshe 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 zīmogualready before noon the mailman stood by the gate and delivered a bluish-gray envelope with a triangular stamp

Declension

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “pasts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN