роща

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oršča, from earlier *orstja. Cognate to Russian рост (rost, “growth”) and расти́ (rastí, “to grow”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈroɕːə]

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ро́ща • (róšča) f inan (genitive ро́щи, nominative plural ро́щи, genitive plural рощ, relational adjective ро́щевый or рощево́й, diminutive ро́щица)

1. grove (a medium-sized collection of trees)

   она́ защища́ет свяще́нные ро́щи от боле́зней

   oná zaščiščájet svjaščénnyje róšči ot boléznej

   she protects sacred groves from affliction

Роща refers to a grove of wild trees. A grove of trees planted for agricultural or aesthetic purposes is a сад.

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “роща”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
  • See: Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “расти”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.