Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose nose it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Нћс Николђя Ивђновича имљл весьмђ своеобрђзную фћрму. Nikolai Ivanovich's nose had a unique shape.
Жџчкин рћзовый нћс бІл похћж на шлїпку грибђ. Zhuchka's [a dog] pink nose looked like a mushroom cap.
NB When the word нћс functions as a subject and has no descriptive modifier, the construction нћс у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Нћс у Николђя Ивђновича бІл большћй и крђсный. Nikolai Ivanovich's nose was large and red.