Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose waist it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Стђн дљвушки бІл тћнкий и гќбкий. The girl's waist was slender and lithe.
Ширћкий пћяс охвђтывал её стђн. The wide belt encircled her waist.
NB When the word стђн functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction стђн у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Стђн у дљвушки бІл тћнкий и гќбкий. The girl's waist was slender and lithe.