Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose ankle it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Прђвая щќколотка Мђши распџхла. Masha's right ankle is swollen.
Ћн смотрљл на её щќколотки. He looked at her ankles.
NB When the word щќколотка functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction щќколотка у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Прђвая щќколотка у Мђши распџхла. Masha's right ankle is swollen.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
(b) noun phrase: Adj + Genitive of ногђ
(c) prepositional phrase: на + Adj + Prepositional of ногђ
NB Note that (a) is more common than (b) or (c).
лљвая/прђвая щќколотка the left/right ankle
Прђвая щќколотка у Мђши распџхла. Masha's right ankle is swollen.
щќколотка лљвой/прђвой ногќ the left/right ankle
щќколотка на лљвой/прђвой ногљ the left/right ankle