Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose leg or foot it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Мђть укџтала нћги ребёнка. The mother tucked in the child's legs.
Нћги её сќльно замёрзли. Her feet were very cold.
NB When the word ногђ functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction ногђ у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Нћги у неё сќльно замёрзли. Her feet were very cold.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
лљвая/прђвая ногђ the left/right leg/foot
перљдние/зђдние нћги forelegs/hind legs
лљвая/прђвая перљдняя/зђдняя ногђ the left/right foreleg/hind leg
Жокљй осмотрљл лљвую перљднюю нћгу лћшади. The jockey examined the horse's left foreleg.
NB The usual preferred order is лљвая/прђвая first, перљдняя/зђдняя second. To refer to both the left/right foreleg and hind leg, the phrase ћбе лљвые/прђвые ногќ is used.
Лљвая ногђ у негћ былђ корћче прђвой. His left leg was shorter than his right.
Жокљй осмотрљл перљдние нћги лћшади. The jockey examined the horse's forelegs.