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posta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "posta"

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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posta f (plural postes)

  1. post (an assigned station)
  2. setting
    posta de sol ― sunset
  3. laying (the act of laying an egg)
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Etymology 2

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Participle

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posta f sg

  1. feminine singular of post

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Esperanto

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Adjective

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posta (accusative singular postan, plural postaj, accusative plural postajn)

  1. later, posterior

French

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Verb

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posta

  1. third-person singular past historic of poster

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Galician

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Unha posta de bacallao [a serving of codfish]

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese posta (“slice, piece”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin positus.

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Noun

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posta f (plural postas)

  1. serving, slice, cut
    Synonym: toro
  2. fishery
  3. setting
  4. laying (the act of laying an egg)
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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Latin positus.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpoʃtɒ]
  • Hyphenation: pos‧ta
  • Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

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posta (plural posták)

  1. mail, post
  2. post office

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative posta posták
accusative postát postákat
dative postának postáknak
instrumental postával postákkal
causal-final postáért postákért
translative postává postákká
terminative postáig postákig
essive-formal postaként postákként
essive-modal — —
inessive postában postákban
superessive postán postákon
adessive postánál postáknál
illative postába postákba
sublative postára postákra
allative postához postákhoz
elative postából postákból
delative postáról postákról
ablative postától postáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		postáé postáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		postáéi postákéi
Possessive forms of posta
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. postám postáim
2nd person sing. postád postáid
3rd person sing. postája postái
1st person plural postánk postáink
2nd person plural postátok postáitok
3rd person plural postájuk postáik

Derived terms

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Compound words

References

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  1. ^ posta in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • posta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Interlingua

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Noun

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posta

  1. mail (that arrives in the mailbox)

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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posta m (genitive singular posta, nominative plural postaí)

  1. Cois Fharraige form of post
  2. vocative plural of post

Declension

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Declension of posta (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative posta postaí
vocative a phosta a phostaí
genitive posta postaí
dative posta postaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an posta na postaí
genitive an phosta na bpostaí
dative leis an bposta
don phosta 		leis na postaí

Mutation

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Mutated forms of posta
radical lenition eclipsis
posta phosta bposta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Semi-learned borrowing from Latin posita, feminine singular of positus, past participle of pōnō (“to put”). Originally, "post for horses or for mooring ships", then "stopping place for coaches on a journey, way station".[1] Doublet of posta (feminine past participle of porre).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.sta/[2]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔsta
  • Hyphenation: pò‧sta

Noun

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posta f (plural poste)

  1. mail, post
  2. post office
    Synonym: ufficio postale
  3. (games) stakes
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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From the feminine singular of posto, past participle of porre (“to put, to lay”).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.sta/, (traditional) /ˈpo.sta/[2]
  • Rhymes: -ɔsta, (traditional) -osta
  • Hyphenation: pò‧sta, (traditional) pó‧sta

Noun

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posta f (plural poste)

  1. (archaic or colloquial, Tuscan) act of laying or putting, especially of eggs
  2. (archaic) act of giving a name, christening
  3. (archaic) footprint, track

Etymology 3

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Participle

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posta

  1. feminine singular of posto

Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Verb

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posta

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

Etymology 5

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Verb

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posta

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

References

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  1. ^ posta in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 posta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  3. ^ post in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔs.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔsta
  • Syllabification: pos‧ta

Noun

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posta m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of post

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Participle

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posta f sg

  1. feminine singular of posto

Etymology 2

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Nominalization of the feminine past participle.

Noun

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posta f (plural postas)

  1. slice or chop of fish or other meat
  2. profitable job
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Italian posta.

Noun

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posta f (plural postas)

  1. mail, postal service
  2. (dated) station of horses on the road that served as an inn or restaurant for travalers

Etymology 4

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Variation of bosta.

Noun

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posta f (plural postas)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of bosta (“shit”)

Etymology 5

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Verb

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posta

  1. inflection of postar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French poster.

Verb

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a posta (third-person singular present postează, past participle postat) 1st conjugation

  1. to post
  2. to settle

Conjugation

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    conjugation of posta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a posta
gerund postând
past participle postat
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 postez postezi postează postăm postați postează
imperfect postam postai posta postam postați postau
simple perfect postai postași postă postarăm postarăți postară
pluperfect postasem postaseși postase postaserăm postaserăți postaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să postez să postezi să posteze să postăm să postați să posteze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative postează postați
negative nu posta nu postați

Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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posta m (genitive singular posta, plural postachan or postaichean)

  1. postman, mailman, letter carrier

Mutation

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Mutation of posta
radical lenition
posta phosta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
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References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “posta”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Sidamo

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Amharic ፖስታ (posta), borrowed from Italian posta.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfosta/
  • Hyphenation: pos‧ta

Noun

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posta m 

  1. post

References

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  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “posta”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈposta/ [ˈpos.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -osta
  • Syllabification: pos‧ta

Interjection

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posta

  1. really, truth

Noun

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posta f (plural postas)

  1. slug (a bullet)
  2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Noun

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posta m or f by sense (plural postas)

  1. courier

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English post.[1]

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Noun

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posta class IX (plural posta class X)

  1. post office

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  1. ^ Batibo, Herman M. (1996) “Loanword clusters nativization rules in Tswana and Swahili: a comparative study”, in South African Journal of African Language‎[1], volume 16, number 2, →DOI, page 39 of 33-41

Swedish

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Etymology

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post +‎ -a

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posta (present postar, preterite postade, supine postat, imperative posta)

  1. to put (something) in the mail (for delivery); to post, to mail, to send
    posta ett brev
    put a letter in the mail
    posta ett brev till någon
    send a letter to someone [more commonly expressed with skicka (“send”) unless emphasizing putting the letter in the mail]
    (literally, “post a letter to someone”)
  2. (Internet) to post (on an internet forum or social media)
    Synonym: (4chan slang) breva

Conjugation

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Conjugation of posta (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive posta postas
Supine postat postats
Imperative posta —
Imper. plural1 posten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative postar postade postas postades
Ind. plural1 posta postade postas postades
Subjunctive2 poste postade postes postades
Participles
Present participle postande
Past participle postad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
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References

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Anagrams

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English poster.

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posta

  1. poster

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish پوسته (posta, “mail”), Italian posta (“mail”).

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Noun

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posta (definite accusative postayı, plural postalar)

  1. mail, post

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative posta
Definite accusative postayı
Singular Plural
Nominative posta postalar
Definite accusative postayı postaları
Dative postaya postalara
Locative postada postalarda
Ablative postadan postalardan
Genitive postanın postaların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular postam postalarım
2nd singular postan postaların
3rd singular postası postaları
1st plural postamız postalarımız
2nd plural postanız postalarınız
3rd plural postaları postaları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular postamı postalarımı
2nd singular postanı postalarını
3rd singular postasını postalarını
1st plural postamızı postalarımızı
2nd plural postanızı postalarınızı
3rd plural postalarını postalarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular postama postalarıma
2nd singular postana postalarına
3rd singular postasına postalarına
1st plural postamıza postalarımıza
2nd plural postanıza postalarınıza
3rd plural postalarına postalarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular postamda postalarımda
2nd singular postanda postalarında
3rd singular postasında postalarında
1st plural postamızda postalarımızda
2nd plural postanızda postalarınızda
3rd plural postalarında postalarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular postamdan postalarımdan
2nd singular postandan postalarından
3rd singular postasından postalarından
1st plural postamızdan postalarımızdan
2nd plural postanızdan postalarınızdan
3rd plural postalarından postalarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular postamın postalarımın
2nd singular postanın postalarının
3rd singular postasının postalarının
1st plural postamızın postalarımızın
2nd plural postanızın postalarınızın
3rd plural postalarının postalarının

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