Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: who has the ear
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Џши Иванћва торчђли из-под шђпки. Ivanov's ears stuck out from under his hat.
Пљтины џши постоїнно беспокћили родќтелей. Petya's ears always worried his parents.
NB When the word џхо (or џши) functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction џхо у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Џши у Иванћва торчђли из-под шђпки. Ivanov's ears stuck out from under his hat.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
лљвое/прђвое џхо the left/right ear
У менї лљвое џхо болќт. My left ear aches.