ладћнь palm, hand

palm
От волнљния у негћ вспотљли ладћни. His palms began to sweat from excitement.
hand
Дљвочка держђла в ладћнях птенцђ. The little girl cupped a baby bird in her hands.

Semantics

This entry is concerned with the use of the word ладћнь "palm" only with reference to a part of the human body; it cannot refer to animals.

Morphology

ладћнь SS f.in.noun

Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose palm it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Егћ ладћни бІли покрІты мозћлями и шрђмами. His palms were covered with callouses and scars.
Серёжины ладћни поразќли менї свољй глђдкостью и чистотћй. Seryozha's palms amazed me with their smoothness and cleanliness.
NB When the word ладћнь functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction лђдонь у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Ладћни у негћ бІли покрІты шрђмами. His palms were covered with scars.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
(b) noun phrase: Adj + Genitive of рукђ
лљвая/прђвая ладћнь the left/right palm
Лљвая ладћнь у негћ былђ покрІта шрђмами. His left palm was covered with scars.
ладћнь лљвой/прђвой рукќ the palm of the left/right hand

Lexical Relationships

Synonyms

ладћши palms
NB This synonym is used only in the phrases that describe applause or clapping one's hands once, i.e. хлћпать/хлћпнуть [Pf-once] в ладћши "to applaud," удђрить/ударїть в ладћши "to clap one's hands together."
длђнь Archaic palm

Diminutives

ладћшка palm

Parts

ребрћ ладћниg the edge of the hand ("palm")
Ћн удђрил протќвника ребрћм ладћни. He gave his opponent a chop with his hand.
лќнии ладћниg the lines of the palm

What it is a part of

рукђ hand
ладћнь прђвой рукќ the palm of the right hand
Appearance, conditions, and sensations

Size and shape

большђя ладћнь a large palm
мђленькая ладћнь a small palm
ширћкая ладћнь a broad palm
џзкая ладћнь a narrow palm

Color and other visible properties

смџглая ладћнь an olive-skinned palm
рћзовая ладћнь a pink palm
мозћлистая ладћнь a calloused palm
ладћнь, испещрённая лќниямиi;
ладћнь, прорљзанная лќниямиi; ладћнь, испещрённая морщќнамиi; ладћнь, прорљзанная морщќнамиi;
морщќнистая ладћнь
a palm crisscrossed by lines

Tactile properties

горїчая ладћнь a hot palm
холћдная ладћнь a cold palm
тёплая ладћнь a warm palm
влђжная ладћнь a damp palm
пћтная ладћнь a sweaty palm
Прљжде чем начђть игрђть, ћн вІтер платкћм пћтные ладћни. Before he started playing, he wiped his sweaty palms with a handkerchief.
потљть/вспотљть: у Ng ладћниn вспотљли N's palms sweated
глђдкая ладћнь a smooth palm
жёсткая ладћнь a tough palm
шершђвая ладћнь a rough palm
твёрдая ладћнь a hard palm
мїгкая ладћнь a soft palm
нљжная ладћнь a tender palm

Sensations and medical conditions

болљть/заболљть [Pf-begin]: у Ng ладћниn болїт N's palms hurt
горљть [no Pf.]: у Ng ладћниn горїт N's palms burn
Ї тђк хлћпала, что до сќх пћр ладћни болїт (or горїт). I clapped so much that my palms still hurt/burn.
распухђть/распџхнуть: у Ng ладћньn распџхла N's palm swelled up

Sustaining injuries

ушибђть/ушибќть (себљd) ладћньa to bruise/hurt one's palm
отбивђть/отбќть (себљd) (всљ) ладћниa to make one's palms sore
NB The above phrases are used to describe a condition brought about by applauding for a long period of time.
Ї тђк хлћпала, что отбќла себљ всљ ладћни. I clapped so much that my hands hurt.

Holding in one's palm

держђть [no Pf.] Na в ладћняхp to cup N in one's hands
Дљвочка держђла в ладћнях птенцђ. The little girl cupped a baby bird in her hands.
брђть/взїть чьќ-то рџкиa в своќ ладћниa to take someone's hand in both of one's own
NB The above phrase is used to describe an action performed in order to warm up someone's hand or to show sympathy, tenderness, etc.
насыпђть/насІпать Na в ладћниa to pour N into someone's hands
NB N denotes dry stuff only.

Movements and positions

соединїть/соединќть ладћниa to put one's palms together
глђдить/поглђдить Na ладћньюi to caress N with one's hand
проводќть/провестќ по Nd ладћньюi to run one's hand over N
накрывђть/накрІть Na ладћньюi;
закрывђть/закрІть Na ладћньюi
to cover N with one's hand
заслонїться/заслонќться ладћньюi to use one's hand to protect oneself
NB The above expression is often accompanied by the phrase от свљтаg "from the light," от сћлнцаg "from the sun," от удђраg "from a blow," etc.
опирђться/оперљться ладћньюi о Na to lean with one's hand against N
подпирђть/подперљть щёкуa ладћньюi to cradle one's cheek in the palm of one's hand
прижимђть/прижђть ладћниa к щекђмd to press one's palms to one's cheeks
Мђть ђхала и прижимђла ладћни к щекђм. The mother kept saying "Oh!" and pressing her palms to her cheeks.
приставлїть/пристђвить ладћньa к ухуd to cup one's hand to one's ear (to hear better)
протїгивать/протянџть ладћньa Nd to extend one's open hand toward N
подставлїть/подстђвить ладћниa;
подставлїть/подстђвить ладћниa под Na
to extend one's palms into the path of N
NB N denotes running water, sunlight, coins, candies, i.e. anything which can be poured onto the palm.
пересыпђть/пересІпать Na с ладћниg на ладћньa to pour N from one hand to another
ладћнямиi ввљрх palms up
ладћнямиi внќз palms down
ВІтяните рџки ладћнями внќз! Put your hands out, palms down!

Sample texts

Мђльчик плђкал, прижђвшись к старџхе и врљмя от врљмени глђдя ладћнью костлївые плљчи её и спќну — живђ ли? [Єнна Мћриц, Молодђя картћшка] The little boy was crying and clinging to the old woman, from time to time stroking her bony shoulders and her back. Was she still alive? [Yunna Morits, "New Potatoes"]
Протянџ ї любћви ладћни пустІе... [Б. Окуджђва] I will extend my empty hands to Love... [B. Okudzhava]
И рукђ, и её пожђтие бІли безупрљчны; ладћнь былђ сухђя, нћ не шершђвая [А. Бќтов, Урћки Армљнии] Both the hand and the handshake were irreproachable; her palm was dry, but not rough. [A. Bitov, Lessons of Armenia]