борщ

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See also: борш

Mongolian

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Etymology

From Russian борщ (boršč).

Pronunciation

Noun

борщ (boršč)

  1. 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 
singular / indefinite
nominative борщоо
borščoo
genitive борщийнхоо
borščiinxoo
accusative борщийгоо
borščiigoo
dative-locative борщдоо
borščdoo
ablative борщоосоо
borščoosoo
instrumental борщоороо
borščooroo
comitative борщтойгоо
borščtojgoo
privative борщгүйгээ
borščgüjgee
directive борщ руугаа
boršč ruugaa
independent
genitive
singular / indefinite
singular
possession
борщийнх
borščiinx
collective
possession
борщийнхон
borščiinxon

Russian

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Борщ со сметаной.

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъrščь, originally meaning “hogweed”, then “hogweed soup”, later “beetroot soup”, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bursktis.

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Noun

борщ (borščm inan (genitive борща́, nominative plural борщи́, genitive plural борще́й, relational adjective борщево́й, diminutive бо́рщик or борще́ц or борщо́к)

  1. borscht, borsht, borshch, borsch (a soup made of beets and cabbage)
    • 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.
  2. (dated) hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)

Declension

Descendants

Ukrainian

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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 (borščm inan (genitive борщу́, nominative plural борщі́, genitive plural борщі́в, relational adjective борще́вий or борщови́й or борщівни́й, diminutive бо́рщик or борще́ць)

  1. borscht, beet soup
  2. hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium

Declension

Declension of борщ
(inan semisoft masc-form accent-b)
singular plural
nominative борщ
boršč
борщі́
borščí
genitive борщу́
borščú
борщі́в
borščív
dative борще́ві, борщу́
borščévi, borščú
борща́м
borščám
accusative борщ
boršč
борщі́
borščí
instrumental борще́м
borščém
борща́ми
borščámy
locative борщу́, борщі́
borščú, borščí
борща́х
borščáx
vocative бо́рщу
bóršču
борщі́
borščí

Derived terms

References

Yakut

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian борщ (boršč), from Old East Slavic борщь (borščĭ), from Proto-Slavic *bъrščь.

Pronunciation

Noun

борщ (borshc)

  1. borscht

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