полдесятого

Russian

Etymology

пол- (pol-, “half”) +‎ деся́тый (desjátyj, “tenth”), with деся́тый (desjátyj) in the genitive case, as with other words prefixed with пол- (pol-). Compare German halb zehn (“half past nine”, literally “half ten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌpoɫdʲɪˈsʲatəvə] (phonetic respelling: полдеся́тово)

Noun

полдеся́того • (poldesjátovo) n inan (indeclinable)

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

Declension

Invariable.