полчетвёртого
Russian edit
Etymology edit
пол- (pol-, “half”) + четвёртый (četvjórtyj, “fourth”), with четвёртый (četvjórtyj) in the genitive case, as with other words prefixed with пол- (pol-). Compare German halb vier (“half past three”, literally “half four”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
полчетвёртого • (polčetvjórtovo) n inan (indeclinable)
- (colloquial) half past three, three-thirty (hour of the day)
Declension edit
Invariable.