Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose side it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Бокђ сћболя светлље, чљм спинђ. A sable's sides are lighter than its back.
Мђльчик спрїтался за её ширћкими бокђми. The little boy hid behind her broad hips.
NB When the word бћк functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction бћк у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Бокђ у сћболя светлље, чљм спинђ. A sable's sides are lighter than its back.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
лљвый/прђвый бћк left/right side
Лљвый бћк у сћболя бІл светлље, чљм прђвый. The left side of the sable was lighter than the right.