икрђ calf

Онђ нћсит длќнные єбки, чтобы спрїтать тћлстые ќкры. She wears long skirts to hide her fat calves.

Semantics

This entry is concerned with the word икрђ referring to the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle.

Morphology

икрђ ES f.in.noun

Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose calf it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Ќкры спортсмљна бІли мускулќстые, крљпкие. The athlete's calves were muscular and strong.
Корћткое плђтье не закрывђло её вІпуклые ќкры. The short dress did not cover her bulging calves.
NB When the word икрђ functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction икрђ у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Ќкры у спортсмљна бІли мускулќстые, крљпкие. The athlete's calves were muscular and strong.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
(b) noun phrase: Adj + Genitive of ногђ
лљвая/прђвая икрђ the left/right calf
икрђ лљвой/прђвой ногќ the calf of the left/right leg
Лљвая икрђ (or икрђ лљвой ногќ) у негћ была всї в синякђх. His left calf was all black and blue.

Lexical Relationships

What it is a part of

ногђ leg
игрђ лљвой ногќ the calf of the left leg

Size and shape

тћлстые ќкры heavy calves
худІе ќкры thin calves
крџглые ќкры rounded calves
вІпуклые ќкры rounded, bulging calves

Other properties

мускулќстые ќкры muscular calves
крљпкие ќкры strong calves
слђбые ќкры weak calves
упрџгие ќкры firm calves
дрїблые ќкры flabby calves
гћлые ќкры bare calves

Sample texts

Под ногђми её шуршќт, покђлывает гћлые ќкры стернї. [М. Шћлохов, Тќхий Дћн] The stubble [in the recently harvested field] rustled under her feet, and pricked her calves. [M. Sholokhov, Quiet Flows the Don]
Ќз-под плђтья бІли вќдны её вІпуклые ќкры в сљрых чулкђх. Below the hem of her dress you could see her gray-stockinged, bulging calves.