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Russian
Etymology
пол- (pol-) + ца́рства (cárstva)
Pronunciation
Noun
полца́рства • (polcárstva) f inan (genitive полца́рствы, nominative plural полца́рствы, genitive plural полца́рств)
- (often idiomatically in phrases to do with offering) half (of) a kingdom, half (of) the kingdom
- Ко́ня! Ко́ня! Полца́рства за ко́ня! ― Kónja! Kónja! Polcárstva za kónja! ― A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse! (from 18th-century actor Yakov Bryansky's poetic translation of Shakespeare's Richard III)
- Я бы отда́л полца́рства, что́бы услы́шать э́тот смех. ― Ja by otdál polcárstva, štóby uslýšatʹ étot smex. ― I'd give anything to hear that laugh.
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