листоноша

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

лист + носити

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /listǒnoʃa/
  • Hyphenation: лис‧то‧но‧ша

Noun[edit]

листо̀ноша m (Latin spelling listònoša)

  1. postman

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Ukrainian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From лист (lyst, letter; leaf) +‎ -о- (-o-, interfix) +‎ носити (nosyty, to carry) +‎ (-a, forms feminine nouns). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian листоноша, Czech listonoš, and Polish listonosz.

Ноша is a word in itself meaning "a load, what is carried; a burden; clothes", but in compound nouns it can also mean "carrier, bearer, the person that carries" as in Ukrainian книгоноша (knyhonoša, book bearer), Ukrainian міхоноша (mixonoša, sack bearer), Ukrainian зброєноша (zbrojenoša, arms-bearer), etc.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

листоно́ша (lystonóšaf pers (genitive листоно́ші, nominative plural листоно́ші, genitive plural листоно́ш)

  1. postman
    Synonyms: пошта́р (poštár), листа́р (lystár)

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