Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose nostrils they are
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Нћздри Тђни гнљвно вздрђгивали. Tanya's nostrils quivered angrily.
Нћздри егћ гнљвно вздрђгивали. His nostrils quivered angrily.
NB When the word нћздри functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction нћздри у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Нћздри у мђльчика бІли зђткнуты вђтой. The boy had wads of cotton in his nostrils.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
лљвая/прђвая ноздрї the left/right nostril
Лљвая ноздрї у мђльчика былђ зђткнута вђтой. There was a wad of cotton in the boy's left nostril.