полудикий

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полуди́кий (poludíkij)

  1. half-savage
    • 1836, Александр Пушкин, “Глава VI. Пугачёвщина”, in Капитанская дочка, London: Henry S. King & Co.; English translation from Ekaterina Telfer, transl., The Captain's Daughter, 1875:
      Сия обширная и богатая губерния обитаема была множеством полудиких народов, признавших ещё недавно владычество российских государей.
      Sija obširnaja i bogataja gubernija obitajema byla množestvom poludikix narodov, priznavšix ješčó nedavno vladyčestvo rossijskix gosudarej.
      This vast and rich government was peopled by a large number of half-savage tribes, who had but recently acknowledged the supremacy of the Russian emperors.

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