NB The word стђн is used only with those adjectives that refer to positive properties of the person's figure. | |
| тћнкий стђн | a slender waist |
| длќнный стђн | a long waist |
| стрћйный стђн | a shapely waist |
| изїщный стђн | an elegant waist |
| гќбкий стђн | a lithe waist |
| Николђй Петрћвич предстђвил егћ Базђрову: Пђвел Петрћвич слегкђ наклонќл свћй гќбкий стђн и слегкђ улыбнџлся... [И. Тургљнев, ОтцІ и дљти] | Nikolai Petrovich introduced him to Bazarov: Pavel Petrovich inclined his lithe torso slightly, and gave a small smile... [I. Turgenev, Fathers and Sons] |