Ukrainian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Turkic. Compare Crimean Tatar şorba, Turkish çorba.

Noun edit

щерба́ (ščerbáf inan (genitive щерби́, nominative plural ще́рби, genitive plural щерб)

  1. (dated) stew, broth
Declension edit

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 (ščerbáf inan (genitive щерби́, nominative plural ще́рби, genitive plural щерб)

  1. (dialectal) dent, indentation, nick
    Synonym: щерби́на (ščerbýna)
Declension edit

Further reading edit