Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose hips they are
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Бёдра дљвушки бІли џзкие и худІе. The girl's hips were narrow and bony.
Єбка плћтно облегђла её бёдра. The skirt fit snugly around her hips.
NB When the word бёдра functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction бёдра у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Бёдра у дљвушки бІли џзкие и худІе. The girl's hips were narrow and bony.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
лљвое/прђвое бедрћ the left/right hip
Лљвое бедрћ у неё бІло сќльно поцарђпано. Her left hip was badly scratched.
тћ бедрћ, котћрое бІло мнљ вќдно the hip that was visible to me