полпервого

Russian

Etymology

пол- (pol-, “half past”) +‎ пе́рвый (pérvyj, “first”), with пе́рвый (pérvyj) in the genitive case, as with other words prefixed with пол- (pol-). Compare German halb eins (“half past twelve”, literally “half one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌpoɫˈpʲervəvə] (phonetic respelling: полпе́рвово)

Noun

полпе́рвого • (polpérvovo) n inan (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial) half past twelve, twelve-thirty (hour of the day)

Declension

Invariable.