poolteist
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
pool (“half”) + teist (“second”), literally, "half of the other" or "half of the second".
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
poolteist (genitive poolteise or pooleteise, partitive pooltteist)
- one and a half (1.5)
- poolteist tundi ― an hour and a half
Declension edit
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 edit
Adverb edit
poolteist (not comparable)
- (figuratively) limping, lamely (walking as if favouring one leg over the other)
- (obsolete) halfway