борщ

Russian

Борщ со сметаной.

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bъrščь, originally meaning “hogweed”, then “hogweed soup”, later “beet soup”, from Proto-Indo-European *bhṛsti̯o-. Compare Sanskrit भृष्टि (bhṛṣṭi, “sharp point, prong, edge”), German Borste (“bristle”), Bürste (“brush”), English bur, bristle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [borɕː]

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Noun

борщ • (boršč) m inan (genitive борща́, nominative plural борщи́, genitive plural борще́й)

1. borscht, borsht, borshch, borsch (a soup made of beets and cabbage)
2. (dated) hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)

Declension

Declension of борщ (inan masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	бо́рщ bóršč	борщи́ borščí
genitive	борща́ borščá	борще́й borščéj
dative	борщу́ borščú	борща́м borščám
accusative	бо́рщ bóršč	борщи́ borščí
instrumental	борщо́м borščóm	борща́ми borščámi
prepositional	борще́ borščé	борща́х borščáx

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bъrščь, first meaning “hogweed”, then “hogweed soup”, later “beet soup”, from Proto-Indo-European *bhṛsti̯o-. Compare Sanskrit भृष्टि (bhṛṣṭi, “sharp point, prong, edge”), German Borste (“bristle”), Bürste (“brush”), English bur, bristle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔrʃt͡ʃ]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

борщ • (boršč) m inan

1. Borscht, beet soup.
2. Hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium.

References

• Rudnycʼkyj, Jaroslav B. (1962–1972), “борщ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language (in Ukrainian), volume I, Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences