пояснќца small of the back; lower back

Пояснќца её сќльно нІла. Her lower back ached badly.

Semantics

This entry is concerned with the word пояснќца denoting the part of a human back just below the waist. It is usually used when referring to sensations of pain. The word does not refer to animals.

Morphology

пояснќца SS f.in.noun

Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose back it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Пояснќца бђбушки былђ всегдђ обмћтана платкћм. Grandma always had a shawl wrapped around the small of her back.
Пояснќца её сќльно нІла. Her lower back ached badly.
NB When the word пояснќца functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction пояснќца у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Пояснќца у бђбушки былђ всегдђ обмћтана платкћм. Grandma always had a shawl wrapped around the small of her back.

Lexical Relationships

Syntactic derivatives

пояснќчный lumbar
пояснќчные позвонкќ lumbar vertebrae

Medical conditions and their treatment

болљть/заболљть [Pf-begin]: у Ng пояснќцаn болќт N's lower back hurts
бћль в пояснќцеp pain in one's lower back
нІть/занІть [Pf-begin]: у Ng пояснќцаn нћет N has a dull ache in his lower back
ломќть [no Pf.]: у Ng пояснќцуa лћмит N has a severe ache in his lower back
прострљл (в пояснќцеp) lumbago
натирђть/натерљть пояснќцуa мђзьюi to massage ointment onto one's lower back
растирђть/растерљть пояснќцуa to massage one's lower back

Sample texts

— Ћй, кђк пояснќцу лћмит!
— Положќ грљлку на пояснќцу, помогђет. Или натрќ тигрћвой мђзью. 		"Oh, does my back ache!"
"A hot water bottle will help. Or rub some mentholated ointment on it."