polt
English
Noun
polt (plural polts)
- (now dialectal) A hard knock.
- 1782: Frances Burney, Cecilia, or memoirs of an heiress - If he know'd I'd got you the knife, he'd go nigh to give me a good polt of the head.
- (obsolete, rare) A pestle.
- 1612, John Smith, Map of Virginia, Kupperman, published 1988, page 138:
- Their corne they rost in the eare greene, and bruising it in a morter of wood with a Polt, lappe it in rowles in the leaves of their corne, and so boyle it for a daintie.
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Baltic German Bolt, from Middle Low German bolte, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bultaz.
Declension
Declension of polt (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | polt | poldid |
| genitive | poldi | poltide |
| partitive | polti | polte poltisid |
| illative | polti poldisse |
poltidesse poldesse |
| inessive | poldis | poltides poldes |
| elative | poldist | poltidest poldest |
| allative | poldile | poltidele poldele |
| adessive | poldil | poltidel poldel |
| ablative | poldilt | poltidelt poldelt |
| translative | poldiks | poltideks poldeks |
| terminative | poldini | poltideni |
| essive | poldina | poltidena |
| abessive | poldita | poltideta |
| comitative | poldiga | poltidega |
Further reading
- M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), “polt”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)
- polt in Sõnaveeb
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