щерба

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃt͡ʃerˈba]

Etymology 1

From Turkic. Compare Crimean Tatar şorba, Turkish çorba.

Noun

щерба́ • (ščerbá) f inan (genitive щерби́, nominative plural ще́рби, genitive plural щерб)

  1. (dated) stew, broth
Declension

References

  • 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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščьrba.

Noun

щерба́ • (ščerbá) f inan (genitive щерби́, nominative plural ще́рби, genitive plural щерб)

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

Further reading

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