borščs

See also: borscs

Latvian

Borščs

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian борщ (boršč).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

borščs m (1st declension)

  1. borscht (meat soup with beats or beetroots, carrots, cabbage and other vegetables)
    pirms pasniegšanas borščam pievieno skābu krējumu ― before serving it, one adds sour cream to borscht
    viņš ēdnīcā gandrīz vienmēr lēnā garā notiesāja divus šķīvjus boršča ― in the canteen, he almost always slowly gulped down two plates of borscht

Declension

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “bārksts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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