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Russian
Etymology
полу- (polu-) + свет (svet)
Pronunciation
Noun
полусве́т • (polusvét) m inan (genitive полусве́та, uncountable)
- 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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