подошва sole

Горячий песок жёг подошвы. The hot sand burnt my soles.

Semantics

This entry is concerned with the word подошва referring to the lower surface of a human foot. This word does not refer to animals. The word подошва is also used to refer to the sole of shoes, boots, etc., a meaning not described in this dictionary; nor is the meaning "foot of a mountain" (у подошвы горы) described here.

Morphology

подошва SS f.in.noun

Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose sole it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Подошвы детей загрубели от ходьбы босиком. The soles of the children's feet became calloused from walking barefoot.
После прогулки по каменистому берегу подошвы её горели. The soles of her feet ached after walking along the rocky beach.
NB When the word подошва functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction подошва у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Подошвы у детей загрубели от ходьбы босиком. The soles of the children's feet became calloused from walking barefoot.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
(b) noun phrase: Adj + Genitive of нога
(c) prepositional phrase: на + Adj + Prepositional of нога
левая/правая подошва the left/right sole
подошва больной ноги the sole of his injured foot
подошва на больной ноге the sole of his injured foot
Левая подошва (or подошва левой ноги or подошва на левой ноге) у него распухла. The sole of his left foot was swollen.

Lexical Relationships

Synonyms

ступня1 sole
подошвы ногg the soles of the feet
День выдался знойный, ветреный, и накалившаяся земля жгла подошвы ног. [А. Куприн, Белый пудель] The day turned out hot and windy, and the fiery earth burned the soles of our feet. [A. Kuprin, "The White Poodle"]

What it is a part of

нога foot
ступня2 foot
подошва левой ногиg (or ступниg) sole of the left foot

Appearance and conditions (non-medical)

грубые подошвы rough/calloused soles
загрубеть [no Impf.]: у Ng подошвыn загрубели the soles of N's feet became calloused
нежные подошвы soft soles
Она шла босиком, и скошенная трава колола её нежные подошвы. She was walking barefoot, and the clipped grass pricked the tender soles of her feet.
голые подошвы bare soles
мозолистые подошвы calloused soles
потрескавшиеся подошвы dry, cracked soles

Sensations and medical conditions; sustaining injuries

жечь/обжечь (or обжигать/обжечь): Nn1 жёг (or обжигал) Nd2 подошвыa N1 burned the soles of N's2 feet
Горячий песок обжигал ему подошвы. The hot sand burned the soles of his feet.
болеть/заболеть [Pf-begin]: у Ng подошвыn болят the soles of N's feet hurt
гореть [no Pf.]: у Ng подошвыn горят the soles of N's feet burn
распухать/распухнуть: у Ng подошвыn распухли the soles of N's feet are swollen
отбивать/отбить (себеd) (все) подошвыa to make the soles of one's feet sore from repeated pounding
На этом спуске я отбил себе все подошвы! My feet are sore from that climb down!

Sample texts

Маргарита соскочила со щётки, и разгорячённые её подошвы приятно охладила каменная площадка. [М. Булгаков, Мастер и Маргарита] Margarita jumped off the broomstick and her hot soles were pleasantly cooled off by the stone paving. [M. Bulgakov, Master and Margarita]
Из-за того, что он шёл в тапочках по неровной дороге, подошвы его болели. His feet hurt from walking on uneven ground in thin-soled shoes.