щерба
Ukrainian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Turkic. Compare Crimean Tatar şorba, Turkish çorba.
Noun edit
щерба́ • (ščerbá) f inan (genitive щерби́, nominative plural ще́рби, genitive plural щерб)
Declension edit
Declension of щерба́ (inan hard fem-form accent-d)
References edit
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “щерба́”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 505
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščьrba.
Noun edit
щерба́ • (ščerbá) f inan (genitive щерби́, nominative plural ще́рби, genitive plural щерб)
- (dialectal) dent, indentation, nick
- Synonym: щерби́на (ščerbýna)
Declension edit
Declension of щерба́ (inan hard fem-form accent-d)
Further reading edit
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “щерба”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “щерба”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)