запїстье wrist

Ћн сломђл рџку в запїстье. He broke his wrist.

Semantics

This entry is concerned with the word запїстье, which refers to the lower part of the forearm of the human body.

Morphology

запїстье SS (и); n.in.noun

Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose wrist it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Запїстья Мђши бІли тћнкие, хрџпкие. Masha's wrists were thin and fragile.
Ћн обхватќл её запїстье. He grabbed her wrist.
NB When the word запїстье functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction запїстье у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Запїстья у Мђши бІли тћнкие, хрџпкие. Masha's wrists were thin and fragile.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
(b) noun phrase: Adj + Genitive of рукђ
(c) prepositional phrase: на + Adj + Prepositional of рукђ
лљвое/прђвое запїстье the left/right wrist
Лљвое запїстье у Мђши бІло забинтћвано. Masha's left wrist was bandaged.
запїстье лљвой рукќ the wrist on the left arm
запїстье на лљвой рукљ the wrist on the left arm

Lexical Relationships

What it is a part of

рукђ arm
запїстье лљвой рукќg the wrist on the left arm

Size and shape; aesthetics

тћнкое запїстье a thin wrist
џзкое запїстье a narrow wrist
изїщное запїстье an elegant wrist
NB The word запїстье is rarely used with adjectives denoting negative qualities, e.g. ширћкое "broad," тћлстое "plump," or грџбое "coarse."

Strength

хрџпкое запїстье a delicate wrist
сќльное запїстье a strong wrist

Medical conditions; sustaining injuries

распухђть/распџхнуть: у Ng рукђn распџхла в запїстьеp N's wrist became swollen
ломђть/сломђть Nd/(себљd) рџкуa в запїстьеp to break N's/one's wrist
NB Note that the word запїстье itself is not used as the object of the verb сломђть "to break, to fracture."

Adornments

браслљт bracelet
носќть [no Pf.] браслљтa (or цепћчкуa, etc.) на запїстьеp to wear a bracelet (or chain, etc.) on one's wrist
стїгивать [no Pf.]: Nn (тџго) стїгивает запїстьеa N fits snugly (or cuts into) someone's wrist
NB N = браслљт "bracelet," перчђтка "glove," etc.

Movements

брђть/взїть Na за запїстьеa to take N's wrist
хватђть/схватќть Na за запїстьеa to grab N's wrist
обхвђтывать/обхватќть запїстьеa to grasp someone's wrist

Sample texts

Јто бІли рџки мастеровћго и творцђ. Жестковђтые, с крџпными, длќнными, чџткими пђльцами и сќльным запїстьем, онќ поражђли скрІтой мћщью и неуловќмой гармонќчностью лќний [А. Глљзер, Из кнќги воспоминђний (о худћжнике Оскђре Рђбине)] They were the hands of a workman and artist: calloused, with large, long sensitive fingers and strong wrists. Their hidden power and the elusive harmony of their lines was astonishing. [A. Glezer, "From the Book of Recollections" (on the artist Oscar Rabin)]
На её џзком запїстье сверкђл браслљт. A bracelet sparkled on her narrow wrist.
Онђ попытђлась вІбежать из кћмнаты, нћ ћн успљл схватќть её за запїстье. She tried to run from the room, but he managed to grab her wrist.