# борщъ
## Old Ruthenian
### Alternative forms

* борсчъ (borsč)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *бърщь (*bŭrščĭ), from Proto-Slavic *bъrščь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *burstjas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥s-t-yos, from *bʰers-. Doublet of барщъ (baršč).

### Noun

борщъ • (boršč) m inan (related adjective борщовый, diminutive борщикъ)
* hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)
    купили… хрену, цыбули и борщу асм. ·ѳ҃· ― kupili… xrenu, cybuli i boršču asm. ·f:· ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    другого днꙗ на обѣдъ купили… борщу и чоснъку за осм. три ― druhoho dnja na oběd kupili… boršču i čosnku za osm. tri ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    цыбули, петрушки, борщу, осм. ·е҃· хлеба розного осм. за двадцатъ ― cybuli, petruški, boršču, osm. ·e:· xleba roznoho osm. za dvadcat ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    тамъ же подлє манастырѧ людєи слꙋжебныхъ ·д҃і· ч҃лвков которыє дають дрова боръщъ лыка ― tam že podlje manastyrja ljudjei služebnyx ·d:i· č:lvkov kotoryje dajutʹ drova boršč lyka ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* hogweed soup, beet soup, borscht (a soup made of beets and cabbage)
    матка єго… почала мене… лаꙗти: иди мовить сꙗкаꙗ такаꙗ нецното, зѣлье у борщъ криши ― matka jeho… počala mene… lajati: idi movitʹ sjakaja takaja necnoto, zělʹje u boršč kriši ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* beetroot kvass for borscht
    борщу сирового или тѣста кислого… прикладать ― boršču sirovoho ili těsta kisloho… prikladatʹ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Descendants

* Belarusian: боршч (boršč)
** → Lithuanian: bar̃ščiai
* Carpathian Rusyn: борщ (boršč)
* Ukrainian: борщ (boršč); боршьшь (boršʹšʹ) (dialectal)
** → Yiddish: באָרשט (borsht)
*** → English: borscht
** → Romanian: borș
** → Russian: борщ (boršč, “borscht”) (since the 18ᵗʰ c.)
*** → Armenian: բորշ (borš)
*** → Bulgarian: борш (borš)
*** → Czech: boršč
*** → Japanese: ボルシチ (borushichi)
*** → Korean: 보르시 (boreusi)
*** → Macedonian: боршч (boršč)
*** → Mongolian: борщ (boršč)
*** → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: бо̏ршч
    Latin script: bȍršč
*** → Slovak: boršč
**** →? Pannonian Rusyn: борщ (boršč)
*** → Slovene: boršč

### References

* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “борщ”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 236
* ↑ 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: “MUk. борщъ (XVIII c.); борсчъ (1618)”
* ↑ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “боршч”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 372
* ↑ Anikin, A. E. (2011) “борщ”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 4 (боле – бтарь), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 101: “ст.-укр борщъ ― st.-ukr boršč”
* ↑ Shansky, N. M. (1965) “борщ”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 173

### Further reading

* Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “борщъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 128
* Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), “борщъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 2 (биецъ – варивный), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 164
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1996), “борщъ, боръщъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 3 (богъ – весъной), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 38

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [borɕː]

### Noun

борщъ • (boršč) m inan (genitive бо́рща, nominative plural бо́рщи, genitive plural бо́рщей)
* Pre-1918 spelling of борщ (boršč).