борщ

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Mongolian

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Etymology

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From Russian борщ (boršč).

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Noun

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борщ (boršč)

  1. borscht

Usage notes

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Due to its rarity, щ (šč) is sometimes replaced by the more common ш (š).

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Russian

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Борщ со сметаной.

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъrščь, originally meaning “hogweed”, then “hogweed soup”, later “beetroot soup”, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bursktis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [borɕː]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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борщ (borščm inan (genitive борща́, nominative plural борщи́, genitive plural борще́й, relational adjective борщево́й, diminutive бо́рщик or борще́ц or борщо́к)

  1. borscht, borsht, borshch, borsch (a soup made of beets and cabbage)
    • 1937, Владимир Набоков [Vladimir Nabokov], “Глава третья”, in Дар; English translation from Michael Scammell with the collaboration of the author, transl., The Gift, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1963:
      Она́ ме́дленно размеша́ла в борще́ бе́лый восклица́тельный знак смета́ны, но зате́м, пожа́в плечо́м, отста́вила таре́лку.
      Oná médlenno razmešála v borščé bélyj vosklicátelʹnyj znak smetány, no zatém, požáv plečóm, otstávila tarélku.
      She was slowly mixing a white exclamation mark of sour cream into her borshch, but then, shrugging her shoulders, she pushed her plate away.
  2. (dated) hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъrščь, first meaning “hogweed”, then “hogweed soup”, later “beet soup”, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bursktis. For the semantic shift compare Polish barszcz.

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Noun

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борщ (borščm inan (genitive борщу́, nominative plural борщі́, genitive plural борщі́в, relational adjective борще́вий or борщови́й or борщівни́й, diminutive бо́рщик or борще́ць)

  1. borscht, beet soup
  2. hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium

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Yakut

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian борщ (boršč), from Old East Slavic борщь (borščĭ), from Proto-Slavic *bъrščь.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bu͡oɾɕː/, [bu͡o̞ɾɕː]

Noun

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борщ (borshc)

  1. borscht

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