пошта

See also: Appendix:Variations of "posta"

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• почта (póčta), poczta, počta — obsolete
• pošta — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian почта (počta), from Middle Polish poczta, ultimately from Italian posta. Compare Russian по́чта (póčta) and Ukrainian по́шта (póšta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoʂta]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

по́шта • (póšta) f inan (genitive по́шты, uncountable, relational adjective пашто́вы)

1. mail, post

   пасла́ць па по́шце ― paslácʹ pa póšcje ― to mail, to post

   разно́сіць по́шту ― raznósicʹ póštu ― to deliver the mail

   палява́я по́шта ― paljavája póšta ― field post

   ляту́чая по́шта ― ljatúčaja póšta ― airmail

   • 1892 [1878], Szymon Dickstein, translated by Напалеон Чарноцкі and Антон Ражаў, Dziadźka Anton, Tilsit: U drukarni Marii Krasoûskoj, translation of Ojciec Szymon, page 14:

     Ciapier budzim rachawać tak, szto akcyzu za tabaku, harbatu, cukier, za listy, szto poczta wozić, telegrapy, my niczoha nia płacim, a płaciać tolki kupcy i pany;

     Now we are going to do calculations, assuming that we are not paying excise duties on tobacco, tea and sugar. We also assume that we are not paying anything for letters carried by the post and for telegraph services. Only merchants and landlords are making these payments.

   • 1906, Цйотка, Першае чытанне для дзетак беларусаў, Пецярбург: „Загляне сонцэ и ў нашэ ваконцэ“, page 31:

     Хто купляе ў глаўным складзи ня менш як за поўрубель, той ня плациць за прасланне почтаю.

     Xto kupljaje ŭ hlaŭnym skladzi nja mjenš jak za póŭrubjelʹ, toj nja placicʹ za praslannje póčtaju.

     Anyone who buys at least half a ruble's worth from the main warehouse doesn't have to pay for delivery via post.

   • 1940 [1861], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Вялікія чаканні, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Great Expectations, page 285:

     Ад слуг я даведаўся, што Эстэла ў Парыжы і прасіў доктара паслаць ёй пісьмо з наступнаю-ж поштай.

     Ad sluh ja davjedaŭsja, što Estela ŭ Paryžy i prasiŭ dóktara paslacʹ joj pisʹmó z nastupnaju-ž póštaj.

     [original: I found, on questioning the servants, that Estella was in Paris, and I got a promise from the surgeon that he would write to her by the next post.]

2. post office
   • 1913, “Nowyje marki”, in Biełarus, number 1, page 6:

     Ad Nowaho Hodu pa pocztach paczali pradawać nowaho rysunku pacztowyje marki s partretami asob Carskaho Domu.

     Starting from the New Year, post offices began selling redesigned postage stamps featuring portraits of the members of the Czar Family.

   • 1939, Adam Stankievič, Biełaruski chryścijanski ruch, Vilnia: Vydańnie „Chryścijanskaj Dumki“, page 155:

     Na pošcie u Vaŭkavysku mnie kazali, što hazeta "Krynica" prychodziła, ale z pošty zabiraŭ jaje pasłaniec Izabelinskaha Načalnika.

     I've been told at the post office in Vaŭkavysk that the newspaper "Krynica" was arriving, but a representative of the authorities from Izabelin kept seizing it from the post office.

Declension

Declension of по́шта (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	по́шта póšta
genitive	по́шты póšty
dative	по́шце póšcje
accusative	по́шту póštu
instrumental	по́штай, по́штаю póštaj, póštaju
locative	по́шце póšcje

References

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2007), “почта”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 27 (поровенъ – прегрешити), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 414
• “пошта”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “пошта” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	پوشتا
Cyrillic	пошта
Latin	poşta

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian по́чта (póčta), from Polish poczta, from Italian posta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʰoʃ.tɑ̽]
• Hyphenation: пош‧та

Noun

пошта • (poşta)

1. mail, post
2. post office

Declension

Declension of пошта

	singular	plural
nominative	пошта (poşta)	пошталар (poştalar)
genitive	поштаның (poştanyñ)	пошталардың (poştalardyñ)
dative	поштаға (poştağa)	пошталарға (poştalarğa)
accusative	поштаны (poştany)	пошталарды (poştalardy)
locative	поштада (poştada)	пошталарда (poştalarda)
ablative	поштадан (poştadan)	пошталардан (poştalardan)
instrumental	поштамен (poştamen)	пошталармен (poştalarmen)

Derived terms

• пошталық (poştalyq)
• пошташы (poştaşy)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔʃta]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

пошта • (pošta) f (relational adjective поштенски)

1. post, mail
2. post office

Declension

Declension of пошта

	singular	plural
indefinite	пошта (pošta)	пошти (pošti)
definite unspecified	поштата (poštata)	поштите (poštite)
definite proximal	поштава (poštava)	поштиве (poštive)
definite distal	поштана (poštana)	поштине (poštine)
vocative	пошто (pošto)	пошти (pošti)

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak pošta, ultimately from Italian posta. Cognates include Slovak pošta and Serbo-Croatian пошта / pošta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔʃta]
• Rhymes: -ɔʃta
• Hyphenation: пош‧та

Noun

пошта (pošta) f (related adjective поштов or поштански)

1. mail, post

   по пошти ― po pošti ― by post

2. post office

Declension

Declension of пошта

	singular	plural
nominative	пошта (pošta)	пошти (pošti)
genitive	пошти (pošti)	поштох (poštox)
dative	пошти (pošti)	поштом (poštom)
accusative	пошту (poštu)	пошти (pošti)
instrumental	пошту (poštu)	поштами (poštami)
locative	пошти (pošti)	поштох (poštox)
vocative	пошто (pošto)	пошти (pošti)

Related terms

nouns

• поштар m pers (poštar)
• поштарина f (poštarina)

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “пошта”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “post”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 218

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Venetan posta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôʃta/

Noun

по̏шта f (Latin spelling pȍšta)

1. mail, post
2. post office

Declension

Declension of пошта

	singular	plural
nominative	по̏шта	поште
genitive	поште	по̑шта̄
dative	пошти	поштама
accusative	пошту	поште
vocative	посто	поште
locative	пошти	поштама
instrumental	поштом	поштама

Further reading

• “пошта”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Polish poczta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔʃtɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

по́шта • (póšta) f inan (genitive по́шти, uncountable, relational adjective пошто́вий or пошта́рський)

1. mail, post
2. post office

Declension

Declension of по́шта
(inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	по́шта póšta
genitive	по́шти póšty
dative	по́шті póšti
accusative	по́шту póštu
instrumental	по́штою póštoju
locative	по́шті póšti
vocative	по́што póšto

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пошта”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “пошта”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)