Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose fist it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Онђ с џжасом смотрљла на огрћмные кулакќ Сергљя. Horrified, she stared at Sergey's enormous fists.
Егћ кулакќ бІли крљпко сжђты. His fists were tightly clenched.
NB When the word кулђк functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction кулђк у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Кулакќ у негћ бІли крљпко сжђты. His fists were tightly clenched.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
лљвый/прђвый кулђк the left/right fist
У негћ бІл сжђт прђвый кулђк. His right fist was clenched.