борщ

Russian
Борщ со сметаной.

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bъrščь, originally meaning “hogweed”, then “hogweed soup”, later “beetroot soup”, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥st-yo-. Compare Sanskrit भृष्टि (bhṛṣṭi, “sharp point, prong, edge”), German Borste (“bristle”), Bürste (“brush”), English bur, bristle.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [borɕː]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

борщ • (boršč) m inan (genitive борща́, nominative plural борщи́, genitive plural борще́й)

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

Declension
Declension of борщ (inan masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative бо́рщ
bóršč		 борщи́
borščí
genitive борща́
borščá		 борще́й
borščéj
dative борщу́
borščú		 борща́м
borščám
accusative бо́рщ
bóršč		 борщи́
borščí
instrumental борщо́м
borščóm		 борща́ми
borščámi
prepositional борще́
borščé		 борща́х
borščáx

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bъrščь, first meaning “hogweed”, then “hogweed soup”, later “beet soup”, from Proto-Indo-European *bhṛsti̯o-. Compare Sanskrit भृष्टि (bhṛṣṭi, “sharp point, prong, edge”), German Borste (“bristle”), Bürste (“brush”), English bur, bristle.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbɔrʃt͡ʃ]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

борщ • (boršč) m inan

  1. Borscht, beet soup.
  2. Hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium.

References
  • Rudnycʼkyj, Jaroslav B. (1962–1972), “борщ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language (in Ukrainian), volume I, Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences
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