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Mongolian
Etymology
From Russian борщ ( boršč ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
борщ • (boršč )
borscht
Usage notes
Due to its rarity, щ ( šč ) is sometimes replaced by the more common ш ( š ) .
Declension
Declension of борщ (sg-only о-harmonic regular borr )
attributive
борщ boršč
singular / indefinite
nominative
борщ boršč
genitive
борщийн borščiin
accusative
борщийг borščiig
dative-locative
борщид borščid
ablative
борщоос borščoos
instrumental
борщоор borščoor
comitative
борщтой borščtoj
privative
борщгүй borščgüj
directive
борщ руу boršč ruu
Reflexive possessive forms
independent genitive
singular / indefinite
singular possession
борщийнх borščiinx
collective possession
борщийнхон borščiinxon
Russian
Борщ со сметаной .
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъrščь , originally meaning “hogweed ”, then “hogweed soup”, later “beetroot soup”, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bursktis .
Pronunciation
Noun
борщ • (boršč ) m inan (genitive борща́ , nominative plural борщи́ , genitive plural борще́й , relational adjective борщево́й , diminutive бо́рщик or борще́ц or борщо́к )
borscht , borsht , borshch , borsch (a soup made of beets and cabbage )
1937 , Владимир Набоков [Vladimir Nabokov ], “Глава третья ”, in Дар ; English translation from Michael Scammell with the collaboration of the author, transl., The Gift , New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons , 1963 :Она́ ме́дленно размеша́ла в борще́ бе́лый восклица́тельный знак смета́ны, но зате́м, пожа́в плечо́м, отста́вила таре́лку. Oná médlenno razmešála v borščé bélyj vosklicátelʹnyj znak smetány, no zatém, požáv plečóm, otstávila tarélku. She was slowly mixing a white exclamation mark of sour cream into her borshch , but then, shrugging her shoulders, she pushed her plate away.
( dated ) hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium )
Declension
Descendants
→ Armenian: բորշ ( borš )
→ Bulgarian: борш ( borš )
→ Czech: boršč
→ Japanese: ボルシチ ( borushichi )
→ Korean: 보르시 ( boreusi )
→ Macedonian: боршч ( boršč )
→ Mongolian: борщ ( boršč )
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: бо̏ршч
Latin script: bȍršč
→ Slovak: boršč
→ ? Pannonian Rusyn: борщ ( boršč )
→ Slovene: boršč
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъrščь , first meaning “hogweed”, then “hogweed soup”, later “beet soup”, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bursktis . For the semantic shift compare Polish barszcz .
Pronunciation
Noun
борщ • (boršč ) m inan (genitive борщу́ , nominative plural борщі́ , genitive plural борщі́в , relational adjective борще́вий or борщови́й or борщівни́й , diminutive бо́рщик or борще́ць )
borscht , beet soup
hogweed , Heracleum sphondylium
Declension
Declension of борщ (inan semisoft masc-form accent-b )
Derived terms
References
Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972 ) “борщ ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language , volumes 1 (А – Ґ) , Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN , page 179
Hrinchenko, Borys , editor (1907–1909 ), “*борщ* ”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language ] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
Bilodid, I. K. , editor (1970–1980 ), “борщ ”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols ] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Shyrokov, V. A. , editor (2010–2023 ), “борщ ”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols ] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція) , Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
“борщ ”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
“борщ ”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)
Yakut
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian борщ ( boršč ) , from Old East Slavic борщь ( borščĭ ) , from Proto-Slavic *bъrščь .
Pronunciation
Noun
борщ • (borshc )
borscht