| Мђльчик плђкал, прижђвшись к старџхе и врљмя от врљмени глђдя ладћнью костлївые плљчи её и спќну — живђ ли? [Єнна Мћриц, Молодђя картћшка] | The little boy was crying and clinging to the old woman, from time to time stroking her bony shoulders and her back. Was she still alive? [Yunna Morits, "New Potatoes"] |
| Протянџ ї любћви ладћни пустІе... [Б. Окуджђва] | I will extend my empty hands to Love... [B. Okudzhava] |
| И рукђ, и её пожђтие бІли безупрљчны; ладћнь былђ сухђя, нћ не шершђвая [А. Бќтов, Урћки Армљнии] | Both the hand and the handshake were irreproachable; her palm was dry, but not rough. [A. Bitov, Lessons of Armenia] |