ступнї2 sole

Горїчий песћк обжигђл емџ ступнќ. The hot sand burned the soles of his feet.

Semantics

This entry is concerned with the use of the word ступнї to refer to the sole of a human foot. This word does not refer to animals. The word ступнї is also used to refer to the entire 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 sole it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Ступнќ детљй загрубљли от ходьбІ босикћм. The soles of the children's feet became calloused from walking barefoot.
Пћсле прогџлки по каменќстому бљрегу ступнќ её горљли. The soles of her feet ached after walking along the rocky beach.
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 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 ступнї the sole of the left/right foot
Лљвая ступнї у неё потрљскалась. The sole of her left foot was cracked.
ступнї лљвой/прђвой ногќ the sole of the left/right foot
ступнї на лљвой/прђвой ногљ the sole of the left/right foot

Lexical Relationships

Synonyms

подћшва sole
NB The word подћшва is more commonly used than ступнї in this meaning.

What it is a part of

ногђ foot
ступнї лљвой ногќ the sole of the right foot

Appearance and conditions

грџбые ступнќ rough, calloused soles
грубљть/загрубљть: у Ng ступнќn загрубљли the soles of N's feet became calloused
нљжные ступнќ soft soles
Онђ шлђ босикћм и скћшенная травђ колћла её нљжные ступнќ. She was walking barefoot, and the clipped grass pricked the tender soles of her feet.
потрљскавшиеся ступнќ dry, cracked soles
гћлые ступнќ bare soles
мозћлистые ступнќ calloused soles

Sensations and medical conditions; sustaining injuries

жљчь/обжљчь (or обжигђть/обжљчь): Nn1 жёг (or обжигђл) Nd2 ступнќa N1 burned the soles of N's2 feet
Горїчий песћк обжигђл емџ ступнќ. The hot sand burned the soles of his feet.
болљть/заболљть [Pf-begin]: у Ng ступнќn болїт the soles of N's feet hurt
горљть [no Pf.]: у Ng ступнќn горїт the soles of N's feet burn
распухђть/распџхнуть: у Ng ступнќn распџхли the soles of N's feet are swollen
отбивђть/отбќть (себљd) всљ ступнќa to make the soles of one's feet sore from constant pounding or bumping on a hard surface
На ітом спџске ї отбќл себљ всљ ступнќ! The soles of my feet are sore from that climb down!

Sample texts

Из-за тогћ, что ћн шёл по нерћвной дорћге в тђпочках, ступнќ егћ болљли. The soles of his feet hurt from walking on uneven ground in thin-soled shoes.