barszcz

English

Etymology

From Polish barszcz. Doublet of borscht.

Noun

barszcz (uncountable)

1. (rare) Polish borscht.
   • 1921, Selected Polish Tales, page 7:

     Slimakowa looked him up and down, gave him a bowl of barszcz and another of potatoes, and told him to wash in the river.

   • 1990, Anton Gill, Berlin to Bucharest: Travels in Eastern Europe, page 62:

     She poured herself another glass of Bulgarian white, and spooned up the remainder of her barszcz before polishing off the small meat pasty that is always served with beetroot soup.

   • 1999, Cold War, Common Pursuit: British Council Lecturers in Poland, page 73:

     […] cutlery and glasses would appear and then dish after dish of fish en gelée, bowls of barszcz with twisted puff pastry sticks, bigos, pierogi, sliced ham, fresh and picked vegetables, bottled fruits, cakes, tarts and bottles and bottles of flavoured vodkas.

Usage notes

Usually italicised as a loanword.

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Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish barszcz, from Proto-Slavic *bъrščь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /barʂt͡ʂ/

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• Rhymes: -arʂt͡ʂ
• Syllabification: barszcz

Noun

barszcz m inan (diminutive barszczyk)

1. borscht (beetroot soup)

   Synonym: barszcz czerwony

2. hogweed (plant of genus Heracleum)

Declension

Declension of barszcz

	singular	plural
nominative	barszcz	barszcze
genitive	barszczu	barszczów/barszczy
dative	barszczowi	barszczom
accusative	barszcz	barszcze
instrumental	barszczem	barszczami
locative	barszczu	barszczach
vocative	barszczu	barszcze

Derived terms

nouns

• barszcz biały
• barszcz czerwony
• barszcz ukraiński
• dwa grzyby w barszcz

 

Further reading

• barszcz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• barszcz in Polish dictionaries at PWN