Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose hair it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Длќнные вћлосы Натђши бІли заплетенІ в кћсы. Natasha wore her long hair in braids.
Её вћлосы бІли цвљта вћронова крылђ. She had raven hair.
NB When the word вћлосы functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction вћлосы у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Вћлосы у неё бІли цвљта вћронова крылђ. She had raven hair.