poolteist

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Estonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /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 tundian hour and a half

Declension

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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 Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009