pastnieks

Latvian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 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

Declension

Declension of pastnieks (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative pastnieks pastnieki
genitive pastnieka pastnieku
dative pastniekam pastniekiem
accusative pastnieku pastniekus
instrumental pastnieku pastniekiem
locative pastniekā pastniekos
vocative pastniek pastnieki

References

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