pastniece

See also: pastniecē

Latvian[edit]

From pasts (“post, mail”) +‎ -niece, or pastnieks (“postman, mailman”) +‎ -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).

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pastniece f (5th declension, masculine form: pastnieks)

postwoman, mailwoman (female postal worker who delivers mail to residential and commercial addresses)
pagājušajā gadā ar sūtījumā ievietoto ķīmisko vielu saindējusies pastniece pametusi darbu Latvijas Pastā ― last year, a postwoman who was poisoned by chemicals placed in a postal package gave up her work at Latvian Mail

Declension of pastniece (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	pastniece	pastnieces
accusative (akuzatīvs)	pastnieci	pastnieces
genitive (ģenitīvs)	pastnieces	pastnieču
dative (datīvs)	pastniecei	pastniecēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	pastnieci	pastniecēm
locative (lokatīvs)	pastniecē	pastniecēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	pastniece	pastnieces