лодІжка ankle

Длќнная єбка закрывђла её лодІжки. The long skirt covered her ankles.

Semantics

This entry is concerned with the word лодІжка referring to the slender part of the leg just above the foot (human only). For distinctions between the word лодІжка and its synonym щќколотка, see Lexical Relationships: Synonyms.

Morphology

лодІжка SS (е) f.in.noun

Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose ankle it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
ЛодІжки Мђши бІли закрІты. Masha's ankles were covered.
Ћн смотрљл на её џзкие лодІжки. He looked at her narrow ankles.
NB When the word лодІжка functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction лодІжка у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
ЛодІжки у Мђши бІли џзкие, изїщные. Masha had slender, graceful ankles.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
(b) noun phrase: Adj + Genitive of ногђ
(c) prepositional phrase: на + Adj + Prepositional of ногђ
NB Note that (a) is more common than (b) or (c).
лљвая/прђвая лодІжка the left/right ankle
Прђвая лодІжка у Мђши былђ расцарђпана. Masha's right ankle was scratched.
лодІжка лљвой/прђвой ногќ the left/right ankle
лодІжка на лљвой/прђвой ногљ the left/right ankle

Lexical Relationships

Synonyms

щќколотка ankle
NB The words щќколотка "ankle" and лодІжка "ankle" are not always interchangeable. The word щќколотка is often used in expressions which indicate length: єбка по щќколотку "a skirt down to one's ankles," вІше щќколотки "above the ankle," нќже щќколотки "below the ankle." The word лодІжка is not used in these expressions. With words denoting positive attributes such as изїщная, точёная, сухђя, the word лодІжка is more likely to be used.
щќколка Substandard ankle

Diminutives

лодІжечка ankle

What it is a part of

ногђ leg
лодІжка лљвой ногќ the left ankle

Size and shape; aesthetics

тћнкая лодІжка a slim ankle
џзкая лодІжка a narrow ankle
сухђя лодІжка a bony ankle
изїщная лодІжка an elegant ankle
точёная лодІжка an exquisite ankle

Medical conditions; sustaining injuries

распухђть/распџхнуть: у Ng лодІжкаn распџхла N's ankle is swollen
распџхшая лодІжка a swollen ankle
ломђть/сломђть Nd/(себљd) нћгуa в лодІжкеp to break N's/one's ankle
NB Note that the word лодІжка is not used to refer to twisting or spraining an ankle. The word ногђ is used instead:
подвернџть нћгу; вІвихнуть нћгу to twist an ankle
растянџть нћгу to sprain an ankle

Sample texts

Мїч бћльно удђрил егћ по лодІжке. The ball hit his ankle painfully.
Длќнная єбка закрывђла её лодІжки. The long skirt covered her ankles.