barszcz
See also: Barszcz
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Polish barszcz. Doublet of borscht.
Noun edit
barszcz (countable and uncountable, plural barszczy)
- (rare) Polish borscht.
- 1921, Selected Polish Tales, page 7:
- Slimakowa looked him up and down, gave him a bowl of barszcz and another of potatoes, and told him to wash in the river.
- 1990, Anton Gill, Berlin to Bucharest: Travels in Eastern Europe, page 62:
- She poured herself another glass of Bulgarian white, and spooned up the remainder of her barszcz before polishing off the small meat pasty that is always served with beetroot soup.
- 1999, Cold War, Common Pursuit: British Council Lecturers in Poland, page 73:
- […] cutlery and glasses would appear and then dish after dish of fish en gelée, bowls of barszcz with twisted puff pastry sticks, bigos, pierogi, sliced ham, fresh and picked vegetables, bottled fruits, cakes, tarts and bottles and bottles of flavoured vodkas.
Usage notes edit
Usually italicised as a loanword.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish barszcz. Compare Czech bršť, Slovak bršt, and Ukrainian борщ (boršč).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
barszcz m inan (diminutive barszczyk)
- borscht (beetroot soup)
- Synonym: barszcz czerwony
- hogweed, cow parsnip, pigweed (any plant of the genus Heracleum)
Declension edit
Declension of barszcz
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | barszcz | barszcze |
| genitive | barszczu | barszczów/barszczy |
| dative | barszczowi | barszczom |
| accusative | barszcz | barszcze |
| instrumental | barszczem | barszczami |
| locative | barszczu | barszczach |
| vocative | barszczu | barszcze |
Derived terms edit
nouns