Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose abdomen it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Живћт больнћго бІл неестљственно вздџт. The patient's abdomen was unnaturally distended.
Ћн вІпятил свћй живћт. He stuck out his belly.
NB When the word живћт functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction живћт у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Живћт у больнћго бІл неестљственно вздџт. The patient's abdomen was unnaturally distended.