полвторого
Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]пол- (pol-, “half”) + второ́й (vtorój, “second”), with второ́й (vtorój) in the genitive case, as with other words prefixed with пол- (pol-). Compare German halb zwei (“half past one”, literally “half two”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]полвторо́го • (polvtoróvo) n inan (indeclinable)
- (colloquial) half past one, one-thirty (hour of the day)
Declension
[edit]Invariable in literary language.