English

Noun

pasts

1. plural of past

Verb

pasts

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of past

Anagrams

• spats

Latvian

Pasts Rīgā

Etymology

A borrowing from German Post (itself a borrowing from Italian), first mentioned in 17th/18th-century dictionaries. ^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pasts]

Noun

pasts m (1st declension)

1. mail, post (organization that delivers letters and small packages; place, buildings where it works)

   pasta darbinieks‎ ― postal worker

   pasta krājkase‎ ― postal savings bank

   pasta stacija‎ ― postal station, post office

   pasts iekārtojās tajā pašā namā, kura vienu pusi bija aizņēmusi izpildu komiteja‎ ― the post (office) was placed in the same building in which one half had been occupied by the Executive Committee

   pēc kādas nedēļas Nadīna paziņo, ka pāriešot dzīvot turpat pastā‎ ― after about a week Nadīna announced that she would go live right there in the post (office)

2. mail, post (the regular delivery service of this organization)

   gaisa pasts‎ ― air mail

   pasta sakari‎ ― mail connections, communications

   pasta ceļš‎ ― mail path

3. mail, post (the letters or packages delivered by this organization)

   nosūtīt pastu‎ ― to send the mail

   atnest pastu‎ ― to get, fetch the mail

   pasta vagons‎ ― mail van

   pasta soma‎ ― mail bag

   “pasts uz jūsu galda”, viņa sekretāre teica‎ ― “the mail is on your desk,” his secretary said

   Florencē saņēmām no Rīgas pārsūtīto pastu‎ ― in Florece we received the mail forwarded from Riga

Declension

Derived terms

• pastmarka
• pastnieks, pastniece

See also

• aploksne
• vēstule

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “pasts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7