postimies
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Finnish
Etymology
Compound of posti (“mail”) + mies (“man”).
Pronunciation
Noun
postimies
- postman (male)
- Heliconius erato
Declension
| Inflection of postimies (Kotus type 42/mies, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | postimies | postimiehet | |
| genitive | postimiehen | postimiesten postimiehien | |
| partitive | postimiestä | postimiehiä | |
| illative | postimieheen | postimiehiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | postimies | postimiehet | |
| accusative | nom. | postimies | postimiehet |
| gen. | postimiehen | ||
| genitive | postimiehen | postimiesten postimiehien | |
| partitive | postimiestä | postimiehiä | |
| inessive | postimiehessä | postimiehissä | |
| elative | postimiehestä | postimiehistä | |
| illative | postimieheen | postimiehiin | |
| adessive | postimiehellä | postimiehillä | |
| ablative | postimieheltä | postimiehiltä | |
| allative | postimiehelle | postimiehille | |
| essive | postimiehenä | postimiehinä | |
| translative | postimieheksi | postimiehiksi | |
| abessive | postimiehettä | postimiehittä | |
| instructive | — | postimiehin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- (postman) postinkantaja, postinjakaja
Further reading
- “postimies”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03