Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose beard it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Кђтя потрћгала бћроду Кћли. Katya touched Kolya's beard.
Кђтя потрћгала кћлину бћроду. Katya touched Kolya's beard.
Егћ бородђ былђ густђя и жёсткая. His beard was thick and stiff.
NB When the word бородђ functions as a subject and has no descriptive modifier, the construction бородђ у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Бородђ у негћ былђ густђя и жёсткая. His beard was thick and stiff.