барщъ

Old Ruthenian

(sense 1)

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish barszcz, from Old Polish barszcz, from Proto-Slavic *bъrščь. Doublet of борщъ (boršč).

Noun

барщъ • (baršč) m (related adjective барщовый)

2. hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)

   купили… хлеба резового, єецъ 10, соли, барщу, ласати ― kupili… xleba rezovoho, jejecʹ 10, soli, baršču, lasati ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   длꙗ п. поборцовъ повꙗтовыхъ куп. барщу вꙗдро и батвинꙗ ― dlja p. poborcov povjatovyx kup. baršču vjadro i batvinja ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   капусты, редки, репы и барщу робленого, за все заплатили золотыхъ два ― kapusty, redki, repy i baršču roblenoho, za vse zaplatili zolotyx dva ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms

Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰers- (0 c, 2 e)

Descendants

• Belarusian: баршч (baršč)

Further reading

• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1982), “барщъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 1 (а – биенье), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 199