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The Daltaí Boards » Archive: 2005- » 2009 (September-October) » Archive through October 20, 2009 » Post / Postanna - job(s), position(s) « Previous Next »

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Linda_kathleen
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Username: Linda_kathleen

Post Number: 99
Registered: 06-2009
Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 05:34 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

I'm confused because all the dictionaries I've looked in say that post is a first declension masculine noun that declines as post, poist, poist, post.

But everywhere I look I see postanna.
Both post and postanna claim to mean jobs, posts or positions.

Has postanna simply taken over in everyday speech, and if so, could someone please tell me what gender it is and how it's declined? Thank you.

I am a rank beginner. And I mean the rankest of the rank. Please be kind. But don't let me get away with even the smallest mistake. After all, if you don't correct me, how will I learn?

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Aonghus
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Username: Aonghus

Post Number: 8918
Registered: 08-2004


Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 05:51 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Postanna is an alternative plural of post.

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Sineadw
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Post Number: 90
Registered: 06-2009
Posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 - 06:48 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

I wonder do native speakers say 'ríomh-phostannaí' in Conamara at all or is it just 'emails' an t-am ar fad.

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Aonghus
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Post Number: 8919
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Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 04:07 am:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

r-phoist a bheadh agamsa, ach postanna nuair atáim ag caint ar fostaíocht. Níl fhios agam cén fáth.

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Mbm
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Post Number: 266
Registered: 01-2006


Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 09:06 am:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

There are other words like "post":

"nasc", plural "naisc" or "nascanna"
"suíomh", plural "suímh" or "suíomhanna"

and probably loads more.

Generally, the short plural tends to be viewed as more "formal" and the long one as more colloquial.

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