shchav

English

Noun

shchav (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of schav
   • 1921, The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger:

     They picked sour “shchav,” hunted for mushrooms and searched for possibly edible roots to supplement the barley-water of the general soup kitchen.

   • 1996, Goldie Szachter Kalib, The Last Selection: A Child's Journey Through the Holocaust, page 57:

     We often picked shchav, little green leaves that were smaller and lighter in color than spinach, which Mother would later cook into a borscht.

   • 2000, Harry Altman, Memoirs of a Stormy Life:

     He took us into the field and taught us which grass was edible: clover, wild shchav, and mint.

   • 2010, Belle Millo, Voices of Winnipeg Holocaust Survivors, page 189:

     Among my early recollections are going past a mill to the meadow with Olga to pick shchav (sorrel) for borscht […]