posti

See also: Posti

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈposti/, [ˈpo̞s̠ti]
• Rhymes: -osti
• Syllabification^(key): pos‧ti
• Hyphenation^(key): pos‧ti

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Swedish post, from Middle French poste, from Italian posta.

Noun

posti

1. mail, post (letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person)
2. post, mail, postal service
3. ellipsis of postitoimisto (“post office”)

Declension

Inflection of posti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		posti	postit
genitive		postin	postien
partitive		postia	posteja
illative		postiin	posteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		posti	postit
accusative	nom.	posti	postit
	gen.	postin
genitive		postin	postien
partitive		postia	posteja
inessive		postissa	posteissa
elative		postista	posteista
illative		postiin	posteihin
adessive		postilla	posteilla
ablative		postilta	posteilta
allative		postille	posteille
essive		postina	posteina
translative		postiksi	posteiksi
abessive		postitta	posteitta
instructive		—	postein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of posti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative postini postini accusative nom. postini postini gen. postini genitive postini postieni partitive postiani postejani inessive postissani posteissani elative postistani posteistani illative postiini posteihini adessive postillani posteillani ablative postiltani posteiltani allative postilleni posteilleni essive postinani posteinani translative postikseni posteikseni abessive postittani posteittani instructive — — comitative — posteineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative postisi postisi accusative nom. postisi postisi gen. postisi genitive postisi postiesi partitive postiasi postejasi inessive postissasi posteissasi elative postistasi posteistasi illative postiisi posteihisi adessive postillasi posteillasi ablative postiltasi posteiltasi allative postillesi posteillesi essive postinasi posteinasi translative postiksesi posteiksesi abessive postittasi posteittasi instructive — — comitative — posteinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative postimme postimme accusative nom. postimme postimme gen. postimme genitive postimme postiemme partitive postiamme postejamme inessive postissamme posteissamme elative postistamme posteistamme illative postiimme posteihimme adessive postillamme posteillamme ablative postiltamme posteiltamme allative postillemme posteillemme essive postinamme posteinamme translative postiksemme posteiksemme abessive postittamme posteittamme instructive — — comitative — posteinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative postinne postinne accusative nom. postinne postinne gen. postinne genitive postinne postienne partitive postianne postejanne inessive postissanne posteissanne elative postistanne posteistanne illative postiinne posteihinne adessive postillanne posteillanne ablative postiltanne posteiltanne allative postillenne posteillenne essive postinanne posteinanne translative postiksenne posteiksenne abessive postittanne posteittanne instructive — — comitative — posteinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative postinsa postinsa accusative nom. postinsa postinsa gen. postinsa genitive postinsa postiensa partitive postiaan postiansa postejaan postejansa inessive postissaan postissansa posteissaan posteissansa elative postistaan postistansa posteistaan posteistansa illative postiinsa posteihinsa adessive postillaan postillansa posteillaan posteillansa ablative postiltaan postiltansa posteiltaan posteiltansa allative postilleen postillensa posteilleen posteillensa essive postinaan postinansa posteinaan posteinansa translative postikseen postiksensa posteikseen posteiksensa abessive postittaan postittansa posteittaan posteittansa instructive — — comitative — posteineen posteinensa

Derived terms

• Posti
• postitse
• postittaa
• postitus

compounds

• arvoposti
• asiamiesposti
• diplomaattiposti
• etanaposti
• ihailijaposti
• ilmaisjakeluposti
• jobinposti
• jouluposti
• kenttäposti
• kirjeposti
• kuriiriposti
• lentoposti
• maaposti
• mainosposti
• noutoposti
• nyrkkiposti
• paluuposti
• pikaposti
• postiauto
• postibussi
• postiennakko
• postiennakkolähetys
• postietuanti
• postihaastattelu
• postihallitus
• postiinjättö
• postijuna
• postikeskus
• postikonttori
• postikortti
• postikulut
• postikysely
• postilaatikko
• postilaitos
• postileima
• postilento
• postiliikenne
• postilokerikko
• postilokero
• postiluukku
• postilähetys
• postimainonta
• postimaksu
• postimerkki
• postimestari
• postimies
• postimyynti
• postinjakaja
• postinjakelu
• postinjättö
• postinkantaja
• postinkanto
• postinkuljetus
• postinkulku
• postinkäsittely
• postinlajittelija
• postinlajittelu
• postinumero
• postiosoite
• postiosoitus
• postipaketti
• postipalvelu
• postipäällikkö
• postiryöstö
• postisiirto
• postitaide
• postitoimi
• postitoimipaikka
• postitoimisto
• postitoimitus
• postitorvi
• postivaunu
• postivaunut
• postivirkailija
• postivirkamies
• postiäänestys
• postiäänestäminen
• postiääni
• puheposti
• pulloposti
• putkiposti
• pääposti
• roskaposti
• sähköposti
• vihaposti
• ykkösposti

Further reading

• “1. posti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Swedish post, from Middle Low German post, from Latin postis.

Noun

posti (dialectal)

1. jamb, post (of a door, window, etc.)

   Synonym: pieli

Declension

Inflection of posti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		posti	postit
genitive		postin	postien
partitive		postia	posteja
illative		postiin	posteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		posti	postit
accusative	nom.	posti	postit
	gen.	postin
genitive		postin	postien
partitive		postia	posteja
inessive		postissa	posteissa
elative		postista	posteista
illative		postiin	posteihin
adessive		postilla	posteilla
ablative		postilta	posteilta
allative		postille	posteille
essive		postina	posteina
translative		postiksi	posteiksi
abessive		postitta	posteitta
instructive		—	postein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of posti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative postini postini accusative nom. postini postini gen. postini genitive postini postieni partitive postiani postejani inessive postissani posteissani elative postistani posteistani illative postiini posteihini adessive postillani posteillani ablative postiltani posteiltani allative postilleni posteilleni essive postinani posteinani translative postikseni posteikseni abessive postittani posteittani instructive — — comitative — posteineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative postisi postisi accusative nom. postisi postisi gen. postisi genitive postisi postiesi partitive postiasi postejasi inessive postissasi posteissasi elative postistasi posteistasi illative postiisi posteihisi adessive postillasi posteillasi ablative postiltasi posteiltasi allative postillesi posteillesi essive postinasi posteinasi translative postiksesi posteiksesi abessive postittasi posteittasi instructive — — comitative — posteinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative postimme postimme accusative nom. postimme postimme gen. postimme genitive postimme postiemme partitive postiamme postejamme inessive postissamme posteissamme elative postistamme posteistamme illative postiimme posteihimme adessive postillamme posteillamme ablative postiltamme posteiltamme allative postillemme posteillemme essive postinamme posteinamme translative postiksemme posteiksemme abessive postittamme posteittamme instructive — — comitative — posteinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative postinne postinne accusative nom. postinne postinne gen. postinne genitive postinne postienne partitive postianne postejanne inessive postissanne posteissanne elative postistanne posteistanne illative postiinne posteihinne adessive postillanne posteillanne ablative postiltanne posteiltanne allative postillenne posteillenne essive postinanne posteinanne translative postiksenne posteiksenne abessive postittanne posteittanne instructive — — comitative — posteinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative postinsa postinsa accusative nom. postinsa postinsa gen. postinsa genitive postinsa postiensa partitive postiaan postiansa postejaan postejansa inessive postissaan postissansa posteissaan posteissansa elative postistaan postistansa posteistaan posteistansa illative postiinsa posteihinsa adessive postillaan postillansa posteillaan posteillansa ablative postiltaan postiltansa posteiltaan posteiltansa allative postilleen postillensa posteilleen posteillensa essive postinaan postinansa posteinaan posteinansa translative postikseen postiksensa posteikseen posteiksensa abessive postittaan postittansa posteittaan posteittansa instructive — — comitative — posteineen posteinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• paloposti
• vesiposti

Further reading

• “3. posti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Swedish post, from German Posten, from Italian posto.

Noun

posti

1. (informal) appointment, position, post

   Synonym: virka

2. (glassblowing) bubble, parison; inflated or partially inflated gather of glass on a blowpipe

Declension

Inflection of posti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		posti	postit
genitive		postin	postien
partitive		postia	posteja
illative		postiin	posteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		posti	postit
accusative	nom.	posti	postit
	gen.	postin
genitive		postin	postien
partitive		postia	posteja
inessive		postissa	posteissa
elative		postista	posteista
illative		postiin	posteihin
adessive		postilla	posteilla
ablative		postilta	posteilta
allative		postille	posteille
essive		postina	posteina
translative		postiksi	posteiksi
abessive		postitta	posteitta
instructive		—	postein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of posti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative postini postini accusative nom. postini postini gen. postini genitive postini postieni partitive postiani postejani inessive postissani posteissani elative postistani posteistani illative postiini posteihini adessive postillani posteillani ablative postiltani posteiltani allative postilleni posteilleni essive postinani posteinani translative postikseni posteikseni abessive postittani posteittani instructive — — comitative — posteineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative postisi postisi accusative nom. postisi postisi gen. postisi genitive postisi postiesi partitive postiasi postejasi inessive postissasi posteissasi elative postistasi posteistasi illative postiisi posteihisi adessive postillasi posteillasi ablative postiltasi posteiltasi allative postillesi posteillesi essive postinasi posteinasi translative postiksesi posteiksesi abessive postittasi posteittasi instructive — — comitative — posteinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative postimme postimme accusative nom. postimme postimme gen. postimme genitive postimme postiemme partitive postiamme postejamme inessive postissamme posteissamme elative postistamme posteistamme illative postiimme posteihimme adessive postillamme posteillamme ablative postiltamme posteiltamme allative postillemme posteillemme essive postinamme posteinamme translative postiksemme posteiksemme abessive postittamme posteittamme instructive — — comitative — posteinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative postinne postinne accusative nom. postinne postinne gen. postinne genitive postinne postienne partitive postianne postejanne inessive postissanne posteissanne elative postistanne posteistanne illative postiinne posteihinne adessive postillanne posteillanne ablative postiltanne posteiltanne allative postillenne posteillenne essive postinanne posteinanne translative postiksenne posteiksenne abessive postittanne posteittanne instructive — — comitative — posteinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative postinsa postinsa accusative nom. postinsa postinsa gen. postinsa genitive postinsa postiensa partitive postiaan postiansa postejaan postejansa inessive postissaan postissansa posteissaan posteissansa elative postistaan postistansa posteistaan posteistansa illative postiinsa posteihinsa adessive postillaan postillansa posteillaan posteillansa ablative postiltaan postiltansa posteiltaan posteiltansa allative postilleen postillensa posteilleen posteillensa essive postinaan postinansa posteinaan posteinansa translative postikseen postiksensa posteikseen posteiksensa abessive postittaan postittansa posteittaan posteittansa instructive — — comitative — posteineen posteinensa

Further reading

• “2. posti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Anagrams

• pisto

Ingrian

Etymology

Ultimately from a Germanic language, from Italian posto. Compare Finnish posti and Estonian post.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈposti/, [ˈpo̞s̠tʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈposti/, [ˈpo̞ʃti]
• Rhymes: -ostʲ, -osti
• Hyphenation: pos‧ti

Noun

posti

1. post
2. mail

Declension

Declension of posti (type 5/vahti, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	posti	postit
genitive	postin	postiin, postiloin
partitive	postia	postija, postiloja
illative	postii	postii, postiloihe
inessive	postiis	postiis, postilois
elative	postist	postiist, postiloist
allative	postille	postiille, postiloille
adessive	postiil	postiil, postiloil
ablative	postilt	postiilt, postiloilt
translative	postiks	postiiks, postiloiks
essive	postinna, postiin	postiinna, postiloinna, postiin, postiloin
exessive1)	postint	postiint, postiloint
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.

Derived terms

• postimees
• postinkantaja

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 426

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpos.ti/, /ˈpɔs.ti/
• Rhymes: -osti, -ɔsti
• Hyphenation: pó‧sti, pò‧sti

Noun

posti m

1. plural of posto

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpos.ti/, /ˈpɔs.ti/
• Rhymes: -osti, -ɔsti
• Hyphenation: pó‧sti, pò‧sti

Participle

posti m pl

1. masculine plural of posto

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.ti/, /ˈpos.ti/
• Rhymes: -ɔsti, -osti
• Hyphenation: pò‧sti, pó‧sti

Verb

posti

1. inflection of postare (“to post (an email, etc.; Internet)”):
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔs.ti/
• Rhymes: -ɔsti
• Hyphenation: pò‧sti

Verb

posti

1. inflection of postare (“to post (sentries, etc.; military)”):
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• -ptosi, ptosi, stipo, stipò

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔs.tiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔs.ti]

Etymology 1

Noun

postī

1. dative/ablative singular of postis

Etymology 2

Participle

postī

1. inflection of postus:
   1. genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. nominative/vocative masculine plural

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic постити (postiti).

Verb

a posti (third-person singular present postește, past participle postit) 4th conjugation

1. to fast
2. to keep the fast for Lent

Conjugation

    conjugation of posti (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

infinitive			a posti
gerund			postind
past participle			postit
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	postesc	postești	postește	postim	postiți	postesc
	imperfect	posteam	posteai	postea	posteam	posteați	posteau
	simple perfect	postii	postiși	posti	postirăm	postirăți	postiră
	pluperfect	postisem	postiseși	postise	postiserăm	postiserăți	postiseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să postesc	să postești	să postească	să postim	să postiți	să postească
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		postește			postiți
	negative		nu posti			nu postiți

Synonyms

• ajuna

Related terms

• post

Spanish

Noun

posti m (plural postis)

1. post-it note

Swahili

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó

Proto-Italic *po

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf.

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti

Proto-Italic *sinō

Proto-Italic *pozinō

Latin pōnō

Latin posita

Italian postader.

Middle French postebor.

English postbor.

Swahili posti

Borrowed from English post.

Verb

-posti (infinitive kuposti)

1. (neologism) to post (to send to an electronic forum)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -posti
Positive present -naposti Subjunctive -posti Negative -posti Imperative singular posti
Infinitives
Positive kuposti Negative kutoposti
Imperatives
Singular posti Plural postini
Tensed forms
Habitual huposti Positive past positive subject concord + -liposti Negative past negative subject concord + -kuposti
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naposti) Singular Plural 1st person ninaposti/naposti tunaposti 2nd person unaposti mnaposti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaposti wanaposti other classes positive subject concord + -naposti
Negative present (negative subject concord + -posti) Singular Plural 1st person siposti hatuposti 2nd person huposti hamposti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haposti hawaposti other classes negative subject concord + -posti
Positive future positive subject concord + -taposti Negative future negative subject concord + -taposti
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -posti) Singular Plural 1st person niposti tuposti 2nd person uposti mposti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aposti waposti other classes positive subject concord + -posti
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siposti Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeposti Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeposti Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliposti Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliposti
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aposti) Singular Plural 1st person naposti twaposti 2nd person waposti mwaposti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aposti waposti m-mi(III/IV) waposti yaposti ji-ma(V/VI) laposti yaposti ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaposti vyaposti n(IX/X) yaposti zaposti u(XI) waposti see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaposti pa(XVI) paposti mu(XVIII) mwaposti
Perfect positive subject concord + -meposti "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaposti "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japosti "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiposti "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoposti Consecutive kaposti / positive subject concord + -kaposti Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaposti
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niposti -tuposti 2nd person -kuposti -waposti/-kupostini/-wapostini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mposti -waposti m-mi(III/IV) -uposti -iposti ji-ma(V/VI) -liposti -yaposti ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiposti -viposti n(IX/X) -iposti -ziposti u(XI) -uposti see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuposti pa(XVI) -paposti mu(XVIII) -muposti Reflexive -jiposti
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -posti- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -postiye -postio m-mi(III/IV) -postio -postiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -postilo -postiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -posticho -postivyo n(IX/X) -postiyo -postizo u(XI) -postio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -postiko pa(XVI) -postipo mu(XVIII) -postimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -posti) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeposti -oposti m-mi(III/IV) -oposti -yoposti ji-ma(V/VI) -loposti -yoposti ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choposti -vyoposti n(IX/X) -yoposti -zoposti u(XI) -oposti see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koposti pa(XVI) -poposti mu(XVIII) -moposti
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Estonian post.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈposti/, [ˈpostʲi]
• Rhymes: -osti
• Hyphenation: pos‧ti

Noun

posti

1. post, mail

Inflection

Declension of posti (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	posti	postid
genitive	posti	postijõ
partitive	postia	postiit
illative	posti, postisõ	postiisõ
inessive	postiz	postiiz
elative	postiss	postiiss
allative	postillõ	postiillõ
adessive	postill	postiill
ablative	postilt	postiilt
translative	postissi	postiissi
'Standardized' inflection based on the Vaipooli dialects; see WT:AVOT. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects. *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “posti”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[4], 2nd edition, Tallinn