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