борщъ

Old Ruthenian

(sense 1)

(sense 2)

Alternative forms

• борсчъ (borsč), боръщъ (boršč)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *бърщь (*bŭrščĭ), from Proto-Slavic *bъrščь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *burstjas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥s-t-yos, from *bʰers-. Doublet of барщъ (baršč).

Noun

m-in ? (related adjective борщовый, diminutive борщикъ)

2. hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)

   купили… хрену, цыбули и борщу асм. ·ѳ҃· ― kupili… xrenu, cybuli i boršču asm. 9 ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   другого днꙗ на обѣдъ купили… борщу и чоснъку за осм. три ― druhoho dnja na oběd kupili… boršču i čosnku za osm. tri ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   цыбули, петрушки, борщу, осм. ·е҃· хлеба розного осм. за двадцатъ ― cybuli, petruški, boršču, osm. 5 xleba roznoho osm. za dvadcat ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   тамъ же подлє манастырѧ людєи слꙋжебныхъ ·д҃і· ч҃лвков которыє дають дрова боръщъ лыка ― tam že podlje manastyrja ljudjei služebnyx 14 čelověkov kotoryje dajutʹ drova boršč lyka ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. hogweed soup, beet soup, borscht (a soup made of beets and cabbage)

   матка єго… почала мене… лаꙗти: иди мовить сꙗкаꙗ такаꙗ нецното, зѣлье у борщъ криши ― matka jeho… počala mene… lajati: idi movitʹ sjakaja takaja necnoto, zělʹje u boršč kriši ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. beetroot kvass for borscht

   борщу сирового или тѣста кислого… прикладать ― boršču sirovoho ili těsta kisloho… prikladatʹ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms

Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰers-‎ (0 c, 2 e)

Descendants

• Belarusian: боршч (boršč)
• Ukrainian: борщ (boršč), (dialectal) боршьшь (boršʹšʹ)
  • → Yiddish: באָרשט (borsht)
    • → English: borscht
  • → Polish: barszcz (“borscht”) (since the 18ᵗʰ c.)
    • → English: barszcz
    • → Esperanto: barĉo
  • → Romanian: borș
  • → Russian: борщ (boršč, “borscht”) (since the 18ᵗʰ c.)
    • → Armenian: բորշ (borš)
    • → Bulgarian: борш (borš)
    • → Czech: boršč
    • → Kashubian: bôršč
    • → Japanese: ボルシチ (borushichi)
    • → Macedonian: боршч (boršč)
    • → Mongolian: борщ (boršč)
    • → Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic script: бо̏ршч

      Latin script: bȍršč

    • → Slovak: boršč
    • → Slovene: boršč

Further reading

• Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “борщъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, numbers 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 128
• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “борщъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 2 (биецъ – варивный), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 164
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1996), “борщъ, боръщъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 3 (богъ – весъной), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 38

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [borɕː]

Noun

борщъ • (boršč) m inan (genitive бо́рща, nominative plural бо́рщи, genitive plural бо́рщей)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of борщ (boršč).

Declension

Pre-reform declension of борщъ (inan masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	бо́рщъ bóršč	борщи́ borščí
genitive	борща́ borščá	борще́й borščéj
dative	борщу́ borščú	борща́мъ borščám
accusative	бо́рщъ bóršč	борщи́ borščí
instrumental	борщо́мъ borščóm	борща́ми borščámi
prepositional	борщѣ́ borščě́	борща́хъ borščáx