postimees (genitive postimehe, partitive postimeest)
| Declension of postimees (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | postimees | postimehed | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | postimehe | ||
| genitive | postimeeste | ||
| partitive | postimeest | postimehi | |
| illative | postimehesse | postimeestesse postimehisse | |
| inessive | postimehes | postimeestes postimehis | |
| elative | postimehest | postimeestest postimehist | |
| allative | postimehele | postimeestele postimehile | |
| adessive | postimehel | postimeestel postimehil | |
| ablative | postimehelt | postimeestelt postimehilt | |
| translative | postimeheks | postimeesteks postimehiks | |
| terminative | postimeheni | postimeesteni | |
| essive | postimehena | postimeestena | |
| abessive | postimeheta | postimeesteta | |
| comitative | postimehega | postimeestega | |
From posti (“post”) + mees (“man”). Akin to Finnish postimies and Estonian postimees.
postimees
| Declension of postimees (type 2/mees, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | postimees | postimeehet |
| genitive | postimeehen | postimeehiin |
| partitive | postimeestä, postimeest | postimeehiä |
| illative | postimeehee | postimeehii |
| inessive | postimeehees | postimeehiis |
| elative | postimeehest | postimeehist |
| allative | postimeehelle | postimeehille |
| adessive | postimeeheel | postimeehiil |
| ablative | postimeehelt | postimeehilt |
| translative | postimeeheks | postimeehiks |
| essive | postimeehennä, postimeeheen | postimeehinnä, postimeehiin |
| exessive1) | postimeehent | postimeehint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||