polt
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly a variant of palt or pelt (verb).
Noun
[edit]polt (plural polts)
- (now dialectal) A hard knock.
- 1782: Frances Burney, Cecilia, or memoirs of an heiress - If he know'd I'd got you the knife, he'd go nigh to give me a good polt of the head.
- (obsolete, rare) A pestle.
- 1612, John Smith, Map of Virginia, Kupperman, published 1988, page 138:
- Their corne they rost in the eare greene, and bruising it in a morter of wood with a Polt, lappe it in rowles in the leaves of their corne, and so boyle it for a daintie.
Derived terms
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[edit]Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German bolte, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bultaz. First attested in 1780.
Noun
[edit]polt (genitive poldi, partitive polti)
- bolt (fastener)
Declension
[edit]Declension of polt (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | polt | poldid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | poldi | ||
genitive | poltide | ||
partitive | polti | polte poltisid | |
illative | polti poldisse |
poltidesse poldesse | |
inessive | poldis | poltides poldes | |
elative | poldist | poltidest poldest | |
allative | poldile | poltidele poldele | |
adessive | poldil | poltidel poldel | |
ablative | poldilt | poltidelt poldelt | |
translative | poldiks | poltideks poldeks | |
terminative | poldini | poltideni | |
essive | poldina | poltidena | |
abessive | poldita | poltideta | |
comitative | poldiga | poltidega |
Further reading
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