postimees
Estonian edit
Noun edit
postimees (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
From posti (“post”) + mees (“man”). Akin to Finnish postimies and Estonian postimees.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpostiˌmeːs/, [ˈpo̞s̠tʲĭˌmeːz̠]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpostiˌmeːs/, [ˈpo̞ʃtiˌme̝ːʒ̥]
- Rhymes: -eːs
- Hyphenation: pos‧ti‧mees
Noun edit
postimees
- postman
- 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 123:
- Viijes luku rinnan ees,
Vaattiist niku postimees?- The fifth number on the chest,
Clothed like a postman?
- The fifth number on the chest,
Declension edit
| 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. | ||
Synonyms edit
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 426