No. 5,546 in Russian
полутора
"Полутора" means "one and a half" in English.
In a sentence
Мы гуляли около полутора часов.
We walked for about one and a half hours.
The word 'полутора' is used in the genitive case of masculine nouns following the notion of 'one and a half'.
Я прочитал книгу за полутора дня.
I read the book in one and a half days.
Here, 'полутора' is used in the genitive case of a plural noun to denote the duration of time.
К нашей группе присоединился человек с полутора собаками.
A person with one and a half dogs joined our group.
This context humorously uses 'полутора' to indicate an incomplete or fractional quantitative value.
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