поясница small of the back; lower back

Поясница её сильно ныла. Her lower back ached badly.

Semantics

This entry is concerned with the word поясница denoting the part of a human back just below the waist. It is usually used when referring to sensations of pain. The word does not refer to animals.

Morphology

поясница SS f.in.noun

Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose back it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Поясница бабушки была всегда обмотана платком. Grandma always had a shawl wrapped around the small of her back.
Поясница её сильно ныла. Her lower back ached badly.
NB When the word поясница functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction поясница у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Поясница у бабушки была всегда обмотана платком. Grandma always had a shawl wrapped around the small of her back.

Lexical Relationships

Syntactic derivatives

поясничный lumbar
поясничные позвонки lumbar vertebrae

Medical conditions and their treatment

болеть/заболеть [Pf-begin]: у Ng поясницаn болит N's lower back hurts
боль в поясницеp pain in one's lower back
ныть/заныть [Pf-begin]: у Ng поясницаn ноет N has a dull ache in his lower back
ломить [no Pf.]: у Ng поясницуa ломит N has a severe ache in his lower back
прострел (в поясницеp) lumbago
натирать/натереть поясницуa мазьюi to massage ointment onto one's lower back
растирать/растереть поясницуa to massage one's lower back

Sample texts

— Ой, как поясницу ломит!
— Положи грелку на поясницу, помогает. Или натри тигровой мазью. 		"Oh, does my back ache!"
"A hot water bottle will help. Or rub some mentholated ointment on it."