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1937, Владимир Набоков , “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.
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
Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “борщ”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN