Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose elbow it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Ћстрый лћкоть Пљти упирђлся мнљ в живћт. Petya's sharp elbow was pressed into my stomach.
Егћ лћкти бІли сќльно обћдраны. His elbows were badly scraped.
NB When the word лћкоть functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction лћкоть у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Лћкти у негћ бІли сќльно обћдраны. His elbows were badly scraped.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
(b) noun phrase: Adj + Genitive of рукђ
(c) prepositional phrase: на + Adj + Prepositional of рукђ
лљвый/прђвый лћкоть the left/right elbow
Прђвый лћкоть у негћ бІл сќльно обћдран. His right elbow was badly scraped.
лћкоть лљвой/прђвой рукќ the elbow of the left/right arm
лћкоть на лљвой/прђвой рукљ the elbow of the left/right arm