полусвет

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Russian

Etymology

полу- (polu-) +‎ свет (svet)

Pronunciation

Noun

полусве́т (polusvétm inan (genitive полусве́та, uncountable)

  1. half-light
    • 1906, Александр Куприн [Aleksandr I. Kuprin], “5”, in Штабс-капитан Рыбников; English translation from John Middleton Murry, transl., Captain Ribnikov, 1916:
      Сквозь ще́ли ме́жду ста́внями и стено́й то́нкими полоса́ми беле́ло у́тро, наполня́я ко́мнату си́ним тума́нным полусве́том.
      Skvozʹ ščéli méždu stávnjami i stenój tónkimi polosámi belélo útro, napolnjája kómnatu sínim tumánnym polusvétom.
      Through the chinks between the shutters and the wall showed thin threads of the whitening dawn, which filled the room with a misty blue half-light.

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