полпятого

Russian

Etymology

пол- (pol-, “half”) +‎ пя́тый (pjátyj, “fifth”), with пя́тый (pjátyj) in the genitive case, as with other words prefixed with пол- (pol-). Compare German halb fünf (“half past four”, literally “half five”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˌpolˈpʲatəvə] (phonetic respelling: полпя́тово)

Noun

полпя́того • (polpjátovo) n inan (indeclinable)

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

Declension

Invariable.

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