# postimestari
## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpostiˌmestɑri/, [ˈpo̞s̠tiˌme̞s̠tɑ̝ri]
* Rhymes: -estɑri
* Hyphenation: posti‧mesta‧ri

### Noun

postimestari
* (archaic) postmaster (head of a post office)
* 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

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 2023-07-03