ботва

Russian

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъtъva. Cognate with Ukrainian бо́тва (bótva, “beet”), Belarusian бо́тва (bótva, “beet”), Polish boćwina. Further cognates possibly include Greek φυτόν (fytón).

ботва́ • (botvá) f inan (genitive ботвы́, uncountable)

leaves of root vegetables
- Лев Толстой, Хозяин и работник 1895:
  – Э́то что? – сказа́л он, ука́зывая на чёрную карто́фельную ботву́, торча́вшую из-по́д снега́
  – Éto što? – skazál on, ukázyvaja na čórnuju kartófelʹnuju botvú, torčávšuju iz-pód snegá
  - What’s that? - he said, pointing at swarty potatoe-leaves protruding above the snow
(slang) nonsense
Synonym: чушь (čušʹ)

Declension of ботва́ (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-b)

	singular
nominative	ботва́ botvá
genitive	ботвы́ botvý
dative	ботве́ botvé
accusative	ботву́ botvú
instrumental	ботво́й, ботво́ю botvój, botvóju
prepositional	ботве́ botvé

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