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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian sparagio, from Latin asparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).
Pronunciation
Noun
спа́ржа • (spárža) f inan (genitive спа́ржи, nominative plural спа́ржи, genitive plural спарж, relational adjective спа́ржевый)
- (botany) asparagus
- Synonym: аспарагус (asparagus)
1869, Лев Толстой , “Том 2, Часть первая, II”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:Граф в хала́те ходи́л по за́ле, отдава́я приказа́ния клу́бному эконо́му и знамени́тому Феокти́сту, ста́ршему по́вару Англи́йского клу́ба, о спа́рже, све́жих огурца́х, земляни́ке, телёнке и ры́бе для обе́да кня́зя Багратио́на.- Graf v xaláte xodíl po zále, otdavája prikazánija klúbnomu ekonómu i znamenítomu Feoktístu, stáršemu póvaru Anglíjskovo klúba, o spárže, svéžix ogurcáx, zemljaníke, teljónke i rýbe dlja obéda knjázja Bagratióna.
- The count walked up and down the hall in his dressing gown, giving orders to the club steward and to the famous Feoktfst, the Club's head cook, about asparagus, fresh cucumbers, strawberries, veal, and fish for this dinner.
1952, “Овощи и грибы. Овощи отварные. Овощи в молочном соусе”, in Книга о вкусной и здоровой пище, Москва: Пищепромиздат; English translation from The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food, (Please provide a date or year):В моло́чном со́усе мо́гут быть пригото́влены разли́чные о́вощи: карто́фель, морко́вь, зелё́ный горо́шек, стручки́ фасо́ли, спа́ржа и др.- V molóčnom sóuse mógut bytʹ prigotóvleny razlíčnyje óvošči: kartófelʹ, morkóvʹ, zeljónyj goróšek, stručkí fasóli, spárža i dr.
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