poolteist

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Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pool (“half”) +‎ teist (“second”), literally, "half of the other" or "half of the second".

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoːl(ˌ)tei̯st/, [ˈpoːl(ˌ)tei̯st]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ei̯st
  • Hyphenation: pool‧teist

Numeral[edit]

poolteist (genitive poolteise or pooleteise, partitive pooltteist)

  1. one and a half (1.5)
    poolteist tundi ― an hour and a half

Declension[edit]

Declension of poolteist (type oluline)
singular plural
nominative poolteist —
genitive poolteise —
partitive pooltteist —
illative poolteise / poolteisesse —
inessive poolteises —
elative poolteisest —
allative poolteisele —
adessive poolteisel —
ablative poolteiselt —
translative poolteiseks —
terminative poolteiseni —
essive poolteisena —
abessive poolteiseta —
comitative poolteisega —
Declension of poolteist (type suur)
singular plural
nominative poolteist —
genitive pooleteise —
partitive pooltteist —
illative pooleteise / pooleteisesse —
inessive pooleteises —
elative pooleteisest —
allative pooleteisele —
adessive pooleteisel —
ablative pooleteiselt —
translative pooleteiseks —
terminative pooleteiseni —
essive pooleteisena —
abessive pooleteiseta —
comitative pooleteisega —

Derived terms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

poolteist (not comparable)

  1. (figuratively) limping, lamely (walking as if favouring one leg over the other)
  2. (obsolete) halfway

References[edit]

  • poolteist in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “poolteist”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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