ступнї1 foot

Кирпќч упђл љй прїмо на ступнє. The brick fell right on her foot.

Semantics

This entry is concerned with the use of the word ступнї to refer to human foot. This word does not refer to animals. For the difference between ступнї1 and ногђ see Lexical Relationships: Synonyms. The word ступнї is also used to refer to the sole of a foot. This meaning is described in a separate entry.

Morphology

ступнї EE f.in.noun

Use of prepositions: со vs. с

The variant со rather than с is used with the word ступнї.

Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose foot it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Ступнќ дљвушки бІли мђленькие и џзкие. The girl's feet were small and narrow.
Ступнї её сќльно распџхла. Her foot was badly swollen.
NB When the word ступнї functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction ступнї у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Ступнќ у дљвушки бІли мђленькие и џзкие. The girl's feet were small and narrow.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
(b) noun phrase: Adj + Genitive of ногђ
лљвая/прђвая ступнї the left/right foot
Лљвая ступнї у неё распџхла и сќльно болљла. Her left foot was swollen and very sore.
ступнї лљвой/прђвой ногќ the left/right foot

Lexical Relationships

Synonyms

ногђ foot
NB The word ступнї "foot" has a much more restricted usage than ногђ in the sense of "foot." For example, the following expressions may be used with ногђ, but not with ступнї: нћги замёрзли "one's feet got cold," промочќть нћги "to get one's feet wet," мозћль на ногљ "a blister on one's foot." The word ступнї is used mostly in expressions that describe the size or the shape of the foot, and in some expressions that refer to sensations or injuries.
стопђ Anatomical foot

Parts

подъём instep
подћшва sole
носћк part of the foot which includes the toes
пїтка heel
пђльцы toes
кћсточка (на ногљp) ankle bone
Ї удђрил себљ кћсточку (or кћсточку на ногљ). I banged my ankle bone.

What it is a part of

ногђ leg
ступнї лљвой ногќ the left foot

Size and shape; aesthetics

большќе ступнќ large feet
мђленькие ступнќ small feet
ширћкие ступнќ wide feet
џзкие ступнќ narrow feet
изїщные ступнќ elegant feet

Sensations and medical conditions; sustaining injuries

немљть/онемљть: у Ng ступнїn онемљла;
затекђть/затљчь: у Ng ступнїn затеклђ 		N's foot went numb
болљть/заболљть [Pf-begin]: у Ng ступнїn болќт N's foot hurts
нІть/занІть [Pf-begin]: у Ng ступнїn нћет N's foot aches
распухђть/распџхнуть: у Ng ступнїn распџхла;
опухђть/опџхнуть: у Ng ступнїn опџхла 		N's foot is swollen
распџхшая ступнї; опџхшая ступнї a swollen foot
плоскостћпие flat feet
шпћры spurs, exostoses
раздавќть [no Impf.]: Nn1 раздавќл Nd2 ступнєa;
раздавќть [no Impf.]: Nd раздавќло ступнєa 		N1 crushed N's2 foot; N's foot got crushed
Бђлка упђла и раздавќла емџ ступнє. A beam fell and crushed his foot.
На завћде емџ раздавќло ступнє. His foot got crushed at the plant.

Movements

стђвить/постђвить ступнќa врћзь to stand with one's feet apart

Sample texts

Однђжды онђ промочќла в дћждь нћги, вбежђла из сђда в гостќную, и ћн кќнулся разувђть и целовђть её мћкрые џзкие ступнќ... [И. Бунин, Рџся] Once she got her feet wet in the rain, and ran from the garden into the parlor where he rushed to take off her shoes and kiss her narrow, wet feet... [I. Bunin, "Rusya"]
Натђша мљдленно и осторћжно встђла, перекрестќлась и ступќла осторћжно џзкой и гќбкой босћй ступнёй на грїзный холћдный пћл. [Л. Толстћй, Войнђ и мќр] Natasha got up slowly and carefully, crossed herself, and with her slender and supple bare foot carefully stepped onto the cold, dirty floor. [L. Tolstoy, War and Peace]