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Russian
Pronunciation
Participle
облокоти́вшись • (oblokotívšisʹ)
- past adverbial perfective participle of облокоти́ться (oblokotítʹsja)
1877, Лев Толстой , “Часть VIII. Глава XIX”, in Анна Каренина; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, 1901:Вме́сто того́ что́бы идти́ в гости́ную, из кото́рой слышны́ бы́ли голоса́, он останови́лся на терра́се и, облокоти́вшись на пери́ла, стал смотре́ть на небо.- Vmésto tovó štóby idtí v gostínuju, iz kotóroj slyšný býli golosá, on ostanovílsja na terráse i, oblokotívšisʹ na períla, stal smotrétʹ na nebo.
- Instead of going into the drawing room, where he heard voices, he stopped on the terrace, and leaning his elbows on the parapet, he gazed up at the sky.