Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose lip it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Посмотрќ на румїные гџбы ітого ребёнка! Look at the rosy lips on that child!
Мнљ не нрђвятся её накрђшенные гџбы. I don't like her painted lips.
NB When the word губђ functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction гџба у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Гџбы у неё слќшком накрђшены! She's wearing too much lipstick.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
вљрхняя/нќжняя губђ the upper/lower lip
Вљрхняя губђ у неё былђ слќшком накрђшена. She was wearing too much lipstick on her upper lip.