облокотившись

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облокоти́вшись (oblokotívšisʹ)

  1. 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.