Semantics

Горїчий песћк жёг подћшвы. The hot sand burnt my soles.
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.