Noun: pastniece
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | pastniece |
| Accusative | pastnieci |
| Genitive | pastnieces |
| Dative | pastniecei |
| Instrumental | pastnieci |
| Locative | pastniecē |
| Vocative | pastniece |
Plural
| Nominative | pastnieces |
| Accusative | pastnieces |
| Genitive | pastnieču |
| Dative | pastniecēm |
| Instrumental | pastniecēm |
| Locative | pastniecēs |
| Vocative | pastnieces |
Sample Sentences
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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)
Nouns inflected like pastniece
strādniece,
darbiniece,
strēlniece,
bagātniece,
baznice,
viesnīce,
valodniece,
distance,
sapulce,
desmitniece,
veikalniece,
miesniece,
izcilniece,
amatniece,
dārzniece,
vijolniece,
ārzemniece,
vietniece,
svešiniece,
spēciniece, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From pasts (“post, mail”) + -niece, or pastnieks (“postman, mailman”) + -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).
Translations