postimestari

Finnish

Etymology

posti +‎ mestari, from Swedish postmästare (“postmaster”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpostiˌmestɑri/, [ˈpo̞s̠tiˌme̞s̠tɑ̝ri]
• Rhymes: -estɑri
• Syllabification^(key): pos‧ti‧mes‧ta‧ri
• Hyphenation^(key): posti‧mesta‧ri

Noun

postimestari

1. (archaic) postmaster (head of a post office)
2. An honorary title of the fourteenth rank granted by the President of Finland to merited people who work or worked for the post office.

Declension

Inflection of postimestari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		postimestari	postimestarit
genitive		postimestarin	postimestarien postimestareiden postimestareitten
partitive		postimestaria	postimestareita postimestareja
illative		postimestariin	postimestareihin
		singular	plural
nominative		postimestari	postimestarit
accusative	nom.	postimestari	postimestarit
	gen.	postimestarin
genitive		postimestarin	postimestarien postimestareiden postimestareitten
partitive		postimestaria	postimestareita postimestareja
inessive		postimestarissa	postimestareissa
elative		postimestarista	postimestareista
illative		postimestariin	postimestareihin
adessive		postimestarilla	postimestareilla
ablative		postimestarilta	postimestareilta
allative		postimestarille	postimestareille
essive		postimestarina	postimestareina
translative		postimestariksi	postimestareiksi
abessive		postimestaritta	postimestareitta
instructive		—	postimestarein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of postimestari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative postimestarini postimestarini accusative nom. postimestarini postimestarini gen. postimestarini genitive postimestarini postimestarieni postimestareideni postimestareitteni partitive postimestariani postimestareitani postimestarejani inessive postimestarissani postimestareissani elative postimestaristani postimestareistani illative postimestariini postimestareihini adessive postimestarillani postimestareillani ablative postimestariltani postimestareiltani allative postimestarilleni postimestareilleni essive postimestarinani postimestareinani translative postimestarikseni postimestareikseni abessive postimestarittani postimestareittani instructive — — comitative — postimestareineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative postimestarisi postimestarisi accusative nom. postimestarisi postimestarisi gen. postimestarisi genitive postimestarisi postimestariesi postimestareidesi postimestareittesi partitive postimestariasi postimestareitasi postimestarejasi inessive postimestarissasi postimestareissasi elative postimestaristasi postimestareistasi illative postimestariisi postimestareihisi adessive postimestarillasi postimestareillasi ablative postimestariltasi postimestareiltasi allative postimestarillesi postimestareillesi essive postimestarinasi postimestareinasi translative postimestariksesi postimestareiksesi abessive postimestarittasi postimestareittasi instructive — — comitative — postimestareinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative postimestarimme postimestarimme accusative nom. postimestarimme postimestarimme gen. postimestarimme genitive postimestarimme postimestariemme postimestareidemme postimestareittemme partitive postimestariamme postimestareitamme postimestarejamme inessive postimestarissamme postimestareissamme elative postimestaristamme postimestareistamme illative postimestariimme postimestareihimme adessive postimestarillamme postimestareillamme ablative postimestariltamme postimestareiltamme allative postimestarillemme postimestareillemme essive postimestarinamme postimestareinamme translative postimestariksemme postimestareiksemme abessive postimestarittamme postimestareittamme instructive — — comitative — postimestareinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative postimestarinne postimestarinne accusative nom. postimestarinne postimestarinne gen. postimestarinne genitive postimestarinne postimestarienne postimestareidenne postimestareittenne partitive postimestarianne postimestareitanne postimestarejanne inessive postimestarissanne postimestareissanne elative postimestaristanne postimestareistanne illative postimestariinne postimestareihinne adessive postimestarillanne postimestareillanne ablative postimestariltanne postimestareiltanne allative postimestarillenne postimestareillenne essive postimestarinanne postimestareinanne translative postimestariksenne postimestareiksenne abessive postimestarittanne postimestareittanne instructive — — comitative — postimestareinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative postimestarinsa postimestarinsa accusative nom. postimestarinsa postimestarinsa gen. postimestarinsa genitive postimestarinsa postimestariensa postimestareidensa postimestareittensa partitive postimestariaan postimestariansa postimestareitaan postimestarejaan postimestareitansa postimestarejansa inessive postimestarissaan postimestarissansa postimestareissaan postimestareissansa elative postimestaristaan postimestaristansa postimestareistaan postimestareistansa illative postimestariinsa postimestareihinsa adessive postimestarillaan postimestarillansa postimestareillaan postimestareillansa ablative postimestariltaan postimestariltansa postimestareiltaan postimestareiltansa allative postimestarilleen postimestarillensa postimestareilleen postimestareillensa essive postimestarinaan postimestarinansa postimestareinaan postimestareinansa translative postimestarikseen postimestariksensa postimestareikseen postimestareiksensa abessive postimestarittaan postimestarittansa postimestareittaan postimestareittansa instructive — — comitative — postimestareineen postimestareinensa

Further reading

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