postiljooni
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]< Swedish postiljon (“mailman, postman”) < French postillon (“archaic term for a horseback postman”) < earlier sense of the word: "rider mounted on the leading horse of a team", see also postilion.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]postiljooni (dated)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of postiljooni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | postiljooni | postiljoonit | ||
genitive | postiljoonin | postiljoonien | ||
partitive | postiljoonia | postiljooneja | ||
illative | postiljooniin | postiljooneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | postiljooni | postiljoonit | ||
accusative | nom. | postiljooni | postiljoonit | |
gen. | postiljoonin | |||
genitive | postiljoonin | postiljoonien | ||
partitive | postiljoonia | postiljooneja | ||
inessive | postiljoonissa | postiljooneissa | ||
elative | postiljoonista | postiljooneista | ||
illative | postiljooniin | postiljooneihin | ||
adessive | postiljoonilla | postiljooneilla | ||
ablative | postiljoonilta | postiljooneilta | ||
allative | postiljoonille | postiljooneille | ||
essive | postiljoonina | postiljooneina | ||
translative | postiljooniksi | postiljooneiksi | ||
abessive | postiljoonitta | postiljooneitta | ||
instructive | — | postiljoonein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- postinkantaja ("official" job title)
- postimies
Further reading
[edit]- “postiljooni”, 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 2023-07-03