Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose tooth it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Ћстрые зџбы акџлы мћгут перекусќть тћлстый канђт. The sharp teeth of the shark can bite through a thick rope.
Когдђ онђ улыбђлась, бІли вќдны её бљлые рћвные зџбы. When she smiled, you could see her even, white teeth.
NB When the word зџб functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction зџб у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Зџбы у неё бљлые и рћвные. She has even, white teeth.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
вљрхние/нќжние зџбы the upper/lower teeth
перљдние/зђдние зџбы the front/back teeth
Перљдние зџбы у неё бІли нерћвные. Her front teeth were uneven.