NB Пћяс "waist" vs. тђлия "waist." These synonyms have different combinatory properties. The word пћяс "waist" is used to indicate the level of something, e.g. гћлый до пћяса "naked to the waist," водђ по пћяс "water up to one's waist," etc. Such expressions are not used with тђлия "waist." On the other hand, тђлия is used in expressions which describe the shape of that part of the body: пћлная тђлия "a thick waist." The word пћяс is not used in such cases (except for the expression тћнкий в пћясе "small-waisted").