sole: Entire Entry

подћшва sole

Горїчий песћк жёг подћшвы.

The hot sand burnt my soles.

Semantics

This entry is concerned with the word подћшва referring to the lower surface of a human foot. This word does not refer to animals. The word подћшва is also used to refer to the sole of shoes, boots, etc., a meaning not described in this dictionary; nor is the meaning "foot of a mountain" (у подћшвы горІ) described here.

Morphology

подћшва SS f.in.noun

Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose sole it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive

Подћшвы детљй загрубљли от ходьбІ босикћм.	The soles of the children's feet became calloused from walking barefoot.
Пћсле прогџлки по каменќстому бљрегу подћшвы её горљли.	The soles of her feet ached after walking along the rocky beach.
NB When the word подћшва functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction подћшва у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Подћшвы у детљй загрубљли от ходьбІ босикћм.	The soles of the children's feet became calloused from walking barefoot.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
(b) noun phrase: Adj + Genitive of ногђ
(c) prepositional phrase: на + Adj + Prepositional of ногђ

лљвая/прђвая подћшва	the left/right sole
подћшва больнћй ногќ	the sole of his injured foot
подћшва на больнћй ногљ	the sole of his injured foot
Лљвая подћшва (or подћшва лљвой ногќ or подћшва на лљвой ногљ) у негћ распџхла.	The sole of his left foot was swollen.

Lexical Relationships

Synonyms

ступнї¹	sole
подћшвы нћг_g	the soles of the feet
Дљнь вІдался знћйный, вљтреный, и накалќвшаяся землї жглђ подћшвы нћг. [А. Купрќн, Бљлый пџдель]	The day turned out hot and windy, and the fiery earth burned the soles of our feet. [A. Kuprin, "The White Poodle"]

What it is a part of

ногђ	foot
ступнї²	foot
подћшва лљвой ногќ_g (or ступнќ_g)	sole of the left foot

Appearance and conditions (non-medical)

грџбые подћшвы	rough/calloused soles
*загрубљть [no Impf.]: у N_g подћшвы_n загрубљли*	*the soles of N's* feet became calloused**
нљжные подћшвы	soft soles
Онђ шлђ босикћм, и скћшенная травђ колћла её нљжные подћшвы.	She was walking barefoot, and the clipped grass pricked the tender soles of her feet.
гћлые подћшвы	bare soles
мозћлистые подћшвы	calloused soles
потрљскавшиеся подћшвы	dry, cracked soles

Sensations and medical conditions; sustaining injuries

жљчь/обжљчь (or обжигђть/обжљчь): N_n¹ жёг (or обжигђл) N_d² подћшвы_a	*N¹ burned the soles of N's²* feet**
Горїчий песћк обжигђл емџ подћшвы.	The hot sand burned the soles of his feet.
*болљть/заболљть [Pf-begin]: у N_g подћшвы_n болїт*	*the soles of N's* feet hurt**
*горљть [no Pf.]: у N_g подћшвы_n горїт*	*the soles of N's* feet burn**
распухђть/распџхнуть: у N_g подћшвы_n распџхли	*the soles of N's* feet are swollen**
отбивђть/отбќть (себљ_d) (всљ) подћшвы_a	to make the soles of one's feet sore from repeated pounding
На ітом спџске ї отбќл себљ всљ подћшвы!	My feet are sore from that climb down!

Sample texts

Маргарќта соскочќла со щётки, и разгорячённые её подћшвы приїтно охладќла кђменная площђдка. [М. Булгђков, Мђстер и Маргарќта]	*Margarita jumped off the broomstick and her hot soles were pleasantly cooled off by the stone paving. [M. Bulgakov, Master and Margarita]*
Ќз-за тогћ, что ћн шёл в тђпочках по нерћвной дорћге, подћшвы егћ болљли.	His feet hurt from walking on uneven ground in thin-soled shoes.