postol
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Old English
Etymology
Clipping of apostol or Late Latin apostolus.
Noun
postol m
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | postol | postolas |
| accusative | postol | postolas |
| genitive | postoles | postola |
| dative | postole | postolum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “postol”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Slovene
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postolъ. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian postòla, Polish postół and Middle Ukrainian постола (postola).
Pronunciation
Noun
postol m inan
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | postol | ||
| gen. sing. | postola | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
postol | postola | postoli |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
postola | postolov | postolov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
postolu | postoloma | postolom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
postol | postola | postole |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
postolu | postolih | postolih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
postolom | postoloma | postoli |
Further reading
- “postol”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024