Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of schav.
He took us into the field and taught us which grass was edible: clover, wild shchav, and mint.
2000, Harry Altman, Memoirs of a Stormy Life3 more examples
They picked sour “shchav,” hunted for mushrooms and searched for possibly edible roots to supplement the barley-water of the general soup kitchen.
1921, The American Hebrew & Jewish MessengerWe often picked shchav, little green leaves that were smaller and lighter in color than spinach, which Mother would later cook into a borscht.
1996, Goldie Szachter Kalib, The Last Selection: A Child's Journey Through the Holocaust, page 57Among my early recollections are going past a mill to the meadow with Olga to pick shchav (sorrel) for borscht […]
2010, Belle Millo, Voices of Winnipeg Holocaust Survivors, page 189
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shchav. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shchav
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