pooli

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːli/, [ˈpo̞ːli]
• Rhymes: -oːli
• Syllabification^(key): poo‧li
• Hyphenation^(key): poo‧li

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).

Noun

pooli

1. (electronics, chemistry, mathematics) pole

Declension

Inflection of pooli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		pooli	poolit
genitive		poolin	poolien
partitive		poolia	pooleja
illative		pooliin	pooleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pooli	poolit
accusative	nom.	pooli	poolit
	gen.	poolin
genitive		poolin	poolien
partitive		poolia	pooleja
inessive		poolissa	pooleissa
elative		poolista	pooleista
illative		pooliin	pooleihin
adessive		poolilla	pooleilla
ablative		poolilta	pooleilta
allative		poolille	pooleille
essive		poolina	pooleina
translative		pooliksi	pooleiksi
abessive		poolitta	pooleitta
instructive		—	poolein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pooli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative poolini poolini accusative nom. poolini poolini gen. poolini genitive poolini poolieni partitive pooliani poolejani inessive poolissani pooleissani elative poolistani pooleistani illative pooliini pooleihini adessive poolillani pooleillani ablative pooliltani pooleiltani allative poolilleni pooleilleni essive poolinani pooleinani translative poolikseni pooleikseni abessive poolittani pooleittani instructive — — comitative — pooleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative poolisi poolisi accusative nom. poolisi poolisi gen. poolisi genitive poolisi pooliesi partitive pooliasi poolejasi inessive poolissasi pooleissasi elative poolistasi pooleistasi illative pooliisi pooleihisi adessive poolillasi pooleillasi ablative pooliltasi pooleiltasi allative poolillesi pooleillesi essive poolinasi pooleinasi translative pooliksesi pooleiksesi abessive poolittasi pooleittasi instructive — — comitative — pooleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative poolimme poolimme accusative nom. poolimme poolimme gen. poolimme genitive poolimme pooliemme partitive pooliamme poolejamme inessive poolissamme pooleissamme elative poolistamme pooleistamme illative pooliimme pooleihimme adessive poolillamme pooleillamme ablative pooliltamme pooleiltamme allative poolillemme pooleillemme essive poolinamme pooleinamme translative pooliksemme pooleiksemme abessive poolittamme pooleittamme instructive — — comitative — pooleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative poolinne poolinne accusative nom. poolinne poolinne gen. poolinne genitive poolinne poolienne partitive poolianne poolejanne inessive poolissanne pooleissanne elative poolistanne pooleistanne illative pooliinne pooleihinne adessive poolillanne pooleillanne ablative pooliltanne pooleiltanne allative poolillenne pooleillenne essive poolinanne pooleinanne translative pooliksenne pooleiksenne abessive poolittanne pooleittanne instructive — — comitative — pooleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative poolinsa poolinsa accusative nom. poolinsa poolinsa gen. poolinsa genitive poolinsa pooliensa partitive pooliaan pooliansa poolejaan poolejansa inessive poolissaan poolissansa pooleissaan pooleissansa elative poolistaan poolistansa pooleistaan pooleistansa illative pooliinsa pooleihinsa adessive poolillaan poolillansa pooleillaan pooleillansa ablative pooliltaan pooliltansa pooleiltaan pooleiltansa allative poolilleen poolillensa pooleilleen pooleillensa essive poolinaan poolinansa pooleinaan pooleinansa translative poolikseen pooliksensa pooleikseen pooleiksensa abessive poolittaan poolittansa pooleittaan pooleittansa instructive — — comitative — pooleineen pooleinensa

Derived terms

• poolinen
• pooliton

compounds

• vastapooli

Further reading

• “1. pooli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pool.

Noun

pooli

1. (business, genetics) pool

Declension

Inflection of pooli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		pooli	poolit
genitive		poolin	poolien
partitive		poolia	pooleja
illative		pooliin	pooleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pooli	poolit
accusative	nom.	pooli	poolit
	gen.	poolin
genitive		poolin	poolien
partitive		poolia	pooleja
inessive		poolissa	pooleissa
elative		poolista	pooleista
illative		pooliin	pooleihin
adessive		poolilla	pooleilla
ablative		poolilta	pooleilta
allative		poolille	pooleille
essive		poolina	pooleina
translative		pooliksi	pooleiksi
abessive		poolitta	pooleitta
instructive		—	poolein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pooli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative poolini poolini accusative nom. poolini poolini gen. poolini genitive poolini poolieni partitive pooliani poolejani inessive poolissani pooleissani elative poolistani pooleistani illative pooliini pooleihini adessive poolillani pooleillani ablative pooliltani pooleiltani allative poolilleni pooleilleni essive poolinani pooleinani translative poolikseni pooleikseni abessive poolittani pooleittani instructive — — comitative — pooleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative poolisi poolisi accusative nom. poolisi poolisi gen. poolisi genitive poolisi pooliesi partitive pooliasi poolejasi inessive poolissasi pooleissasi elative poolistasi pooleistasi illative pooliisi pooleihisi adessive poolillasi pooleillasi ablative pooliltasi pooleiltasi allative poolillesi pooleillesi essive poolinasi pooleinasi translative pooliksesi pooleiksesi abessive poolittasi pooleittasi instructive — — comitative — pooleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative poolimme poolimme accusative nom. poolimme poolimme gen. poolimme genitive poolimme pooliemme partitive pooliamme poolejamme inessive poolissamme pooleissamme elative poolistamme pooleistamme illative pooliimme pooleihimme adessive poolillamme pooleillamme ablative pooliltamme pooleiltamme allative poolillemme pooleillemme essive poolinamme pooleinamme translative pooliksemme pooleiksemme abessive poolittamme pooleittamme instructive — — comitative — pooleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative poolinne poolinne accusative nom. poolinne poolinne gen. poolinne genitive poolinne poolienne partitive poolianne poolejanne inessive poolissanne pooleissanne elative poolistanne pooleistanne illative pooliinne pooleihinne adessive poolillanne pooleillanne ablative pooliltanne pooleiltanne allative poolillenne pooleillenne essive poolinanne pooleinanne translative pooliksenne pooleiksenne abessive poolittanne pooleittanne instructive — — comitative — pooleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative poolinsa poolinsa accusative nom. poolinsa poolinsa gen. poolinsa genitive poolinsa pooliensa partitive pooliaan pooliansa poolejaan poolejansa inessive poolissaan poolissansa pooleissaan pooleissansa elative poolistaan poolistansa pooleistaan pooleistansa illative pooliinsa pooleihinsa adessive poolillaan poolillansa pooleillaan pooleillansa ablative pooliltaan pooliltansa pooleiltaan pooleiltansa allative poolilleen poolillensa pooleilleen pooleillensa essive poolinaan poolinansa pooleinaan pooleinansa translative poolikseen pooliksensa pooleikseen pooleiksensa abessive poolittaan poolittansa pooleittaan pooleittansa instructive — — comitative — pooleineen pooleinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• geenipooli
• meemipooli

Further reading

• “2. pooli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Anagrams

• lipoo, polio

Ingrian

Ingrian fractional numbers

	½
Cardinal : kaks     Ordinal : toin     Fractional : pooli

Alternative forms

• pool

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pooli. Cognates include Finnish puoli and Estonian pool.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpoːli/, [ˈpoːlʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpoːli/, [ˈpo̝ːli]
• Rhymes: -oːlʲ, -oːli
• Hyphenation: poo‧li

Noun

pooli

1. half
2. region
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, N. A. Iljin, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 61:

     Meijen pooleees kasvaa enemmittee havumetsää.

     In our lands mostly coniferous forests grow.

3. direction, side
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:

     Kurast poolest meitä kiiree vilkahti orava.

     From the left side a squirrel flashed past us.

4. direction, orientation
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:

     Taita möö hävitimmä napravlenian (poolen), kons jooksimma oravan jälest.

     Supposedly we lost our napravlenia (direction), when we were running after the squirrel.

Declension

Declension of pooli (type 5/keeli, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	pooli	poolet
genitive	poolen	pooliin, pooliloin
partitive	poolta, poolt	poolia, pooliloja
illative	poolee	poolii, pooliloihe
inessive	poolees	pooliis, poolilois
elative	poolest	poolist, pooliloist
allative	poolelle	poolille, pooliloille
adessive	pooleel	pooliil, pooliloil
ablative	poolelt	poolilt, pooliloilt
translative	pooleks	pooliks, pooliloiks
essive	poolenna, pooleen	poolinna, pooliloinna, pooliin, pooliloin
exessive1)	poolent	poolint, pooliloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• (orientation): napravlenia

Derived terms

• alapooli
• esipooli
• matkapooli
• murnapooli
• poikapooli
• poolest
• pooli-
• poolipäätkä
• päälypooli
• pääpooli
• sisäpooli
• ulkopooli

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 451

Votic

Alternative forms

• pool

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pooli.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈpoːli/, [ˈpoːli]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈpoːli/, [ˈpoːli]
• Rhymes: -oːli
• Hyphenation: poo‧li

Noun

pooli

1. side (of something with two sides)
2. half

Inflection

Declension of pooli (type X/tuli, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	pooli	poolõd
genitive	poolõ	poolijõ, poolii
partitive	pooltõ	pooliitõ, poolii
illative	poolõ, poolõsõ	pooliisõ
inessive	poolõz	pooliiz
elative	poolõssõ	pooliissõ
allative	poolõlõ	pooliilõ
adessive	poolõllõ	pooliillõ
ablative	poolõltõ	pooliiltõ
translative	poolõssi	pooliissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “pooli”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn