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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian буракъ (burak), ultimately from Latin borrago (“borage”). Compare Polish burak and Ukrainian буря́к (burják).
Pronunciation
Noun
бура́к • (burák) m inan (genitive бурака́, nominative plural буракі́, genitive plural бурако́ў, relational adjective бура́чны or бурако́вы or бурачко́вы)
- beet, beetroot (Beta vulgaris)
Declension
Declension of бура́к (inan velar masc-form accent-b)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Derived terms
References
- “бурак” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “бурак”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “буракъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 2 (биецъ – варивный), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 250
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
бура́к • (burák) m inan (genitive бурака́, nominative plural бураки́, genitive plural бурако́в)
- (Southern Russia) beet, beetroot
1816, Василий Лёвшин [Vasily Lyovshin], “Стол в мясоед. Борщ”, in Русская поварня; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):Взять бурако́в о́бще с их траво́ю, скроши́ть поло́сками, обжа́рить в ма́сле коро́вьем, смочи́ть отва́ром из горшка́, в кото́ром ва́рится говя́дина и ку́рица; по́сле бураки́ совсе́м вы́ложить к говя́дине, припра́вить со́лью, приба́вить укро́пу, лу́ку и увари́ть о́чень спе́ло.- Vzjatʹ burakóv óbšče s ix travóju, skrošítʹ polóskami, obžáritʹ v másle koróvʹjem, smočítʹ otvárom iz goršká, v kotórom váritsja govjádina i kúrica; pósle burakí sovsém výložitʹ k govjádine, priprávitʹ sólʹju, pribávitʹ ukrópu, lúku i uvarítʹ óčenʹ spélo.
- Take beetroots with their tops together, chop then in sticks, roast in butter, wet them with broth from a pot where beef and chicken were boiled; later add beetroot to beef, salt it, add some dill, onions, and boil it very soft.
Declension