postel

See also: Postel, posteľ, and постель

Albanian

Etymology

Blend of postë (“mail”) +‎ elektronike (“electronics”). Coined by Agim Morina in the late 1990s. Likely inspired by the French courriel and Jon Postel's last name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔsˈtɛl/

Noun

postel m

1. email

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech postele, postel, from Proto-Slavic *posteľь. By surface analysis, deverbal from postlat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpostɛl]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pos‧tel

Noun

postel f (diminutive postýlka or postélka)

1. bed (to sleep on)

   ustlat postel ― to make the bed

   manželská postel ― double bed

   na smrtelné posteli ― on the death bed

Declension

Declension of postel (soft zero-ending feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	postel	postele
genitive	postele	postelí
dative	posteli	postelím
accusative	postel	postele
vocative	posteli	postele
locative	posteli	postelích
instrumental	postelí	postelemi

Related terms

• postlat
• postýlka
• stlát

See also

• lože
• lůžko

Further reading

• “postel”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “postel”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “postel”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpostɛl/ [ˈpos.t̪ɛl]
• Rhymes: -ostɛl
• Syllabification: pos‧tel

Noun

postel (plural postel-postel)

1. syllabic abbreviation of pos dan telekomunikasi (“post and telecommunication”)

Further reading

• “postel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• posteľ (alternative writing)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *posteľь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpostɛl/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpostɛl/

Noun

postel f

1. alternative form of postele

Declension

Declension of postel (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	postel	posteli	posteli
genitive	posteli	posteľú	postelí
dative	posteli	postelma	postelem
accusative	postel	posteli	posteli
vocative	posteli	posteli	posteli
locative	posteli	posteľú	postelech
instrumental	posteľú	postelma	postelmi

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: postel

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “postel”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Volapük

Noun

postel (nominative plural postels)

1. (obsolete) apostle

Usage notes

This older term has been replaced by paostolan "apostle".

Declension

Declension of postel

	singular	plural
nominative	postel	postels
genitive	postela	postelas
dative	postele	posteles
accusative	posteli	postelis
vocative 1	o postel!	o postels!
predicative 2	postelu	postelus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Synonyms

• apostel (also obsolete)

Derived terms

• posteläm
• postelät
• postelik
• postelub