polt

English

Etymology

Possibly a variant of palt or pelt (verb).

Noun

polt (plural polts)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German bolte, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bultaz. First attested in 1780.

Noun

polt (genitive poldi, partitive polti)

  1. bolt (fastener)

Declension
Declension of polt (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation)
singular plural
nominative polt poldid
accusative nom.
gen. poldi
genitive 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
  • “polt”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • polt in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
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