poolteist

Estonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːl(ˌ)tei̯st/, [ˈpoːl(ˌ)tei̯st]

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• Rhymes: -eist
• Hyphenation: pool‧teist

Numeral

poolteist (genitive poolteise or pooleteise, partitive pooltteist)

1. one and a half (1.5)

   poolteist tundi ― an hour and a half

Declension

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

• pooleteiseaastane
• pooleteisekordne
• pooleteisekuuline
• pooleteisekuune
• pooleteisene
• pooleteisetolline
• poolteiseaastane
• poolteiseinimesevoodi
• poolteisekordne
• poolteisekuuline
• poolteisekuune
• poolteisene
• poolteisetolline
• poolteistkümmend
• poolteistsada

 

Adverb

poolteist (not comparable)

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

References

• 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