борщ

• борш (borš) — nonstandard

From Russian борщ (boršč).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔrɕ/
• Syllabification: борщ (1 syllable)

борщ • (boršč)

1. borscht

Due to its rarity, щ (šč) is sometimes replaced by the more common ш (š).

• борщъ (boršč) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

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

• IPA^(key): [borɕː]

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борщ • (boršč) m 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 [Vladimir Nabokov], “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)

• борщеви́к m (borščevík)

• → Armenian: բորշ (borš)
• → Bulgarian: борш (borš)
• → Czech: boršč
• → Japanese: ボルシチ (borushichi)
• → Korean: 보르시 (boreusi)
• → Macedonian: боршч (boršč)
• → Mongolian: борщ (boršč)
• → Romanian: borș
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: бо̏ршч

  Latin script: bȍršč

• → Slovak: boršč
  • →? Pannonian Rusyn: борщ (boršč)
• → Slovene: boršč

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.

• IPA^(key): [bɔrʃt͡ʃ]

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борщ • (boršč) m 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

• борщівни́к m (borščivnýk), борщівни́ця f (borščivnýcja) (seller of borscht; lover of borscht)
• борщува́ти impf (borščuváty) (to eat borscht)
• перебо́рщувати impf (perebórščuvaty), переборщи́ти pf (pereborščýty) (to overdo)

• 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
• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “*борщ*”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “борщ”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “борщ”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “борщ”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “борщ”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)

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

• IPA^(key): /bu͡oɾɕː/, [bu͡o̞ɾɕː]

борщ • (borshc)

1. borscht

• буорус (buorus)