щерба

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Ukrainian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Turkic. Compare Crimean Tatar şorba, Turkish çorba.

Noun[edit]

щерба́ (ščerbáf inan (genitive щерби́, nominative plural ще́рби, genitive plural щерб)

  1. (dated) stew, broth
Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “щерба́”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 505

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščьrba.

Noun[edit]

щерба́ (ščerbáf inan (genitive щерби́, nominative plural ще́рби, genitive plural щерб)

  1. (dialectal) dent, indentation, nick
    Synonym: щерби́на (ščerbýna)
Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]