virsi

See also: virsī and virši

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *virci, from earlier *virti, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian vārds (word, name) and Old Prussian wīrds).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋirsi/, [ˈʋirs̠i]
  • Rhymes: -irsi
  • Syllabification(key): vir‧si

Noun

virsi

  1. (religion, music) hymn, psalm or chant
  2. (obsolete or humorous) song, poem
    Synonyms: (song) laulu, (poem) runo

Declension

Inflection of virsi (Kotus type 28*K/kynsi, rt-rr gradation)
nominative virsi virret
genitive virren virsien
partitive virttä virsiä
illative virteen virsiin
singular plural
nominative virsi virret
accusative nom. virsi virret
gen. virren
genitive virren virsien
virttenrare
partitive virttä virsiä
inessive virressä virsissä
elative virrestä virsistä
illative virteen virsiin
adessive virrellä virsillä
ablative virreltä virsiltä
allative virrelle virsille
essive virtenä virsinä
translative virreksi virsiksi
instructive virsin
abessive virrettä virsittä
comitative virsineen
Possessive forms of virsi (type kynsi)
possessor singular plural
1st person virteni virtemme
2nd person virtesi virtenne
3rd person virtensä

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams


Latvian

Noun

virsi m

  1. vocative singular form of virsis
  2. accusative singular form of virsis
  3. instrumental singular form of virsis

virsi m

  1. nominative plural form of virsus
  2. vocative plural form of virsus

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *virci.

Pronunciation

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvirsi/, [ˈvirsi]
  • Rhymes: -irsi
  • Hyphenation: vir‧si

Noun

virsi

  1. folk song, traditional song

Inflection

Declension of virsi (type X/tuli, rt-rr gradation)
singular plural
nominative virsi, virs virred
genitive virre virsije, virsi
partitive virtte virsite, virsi
illative virte, virtese virsije, virsise
inessive virrez virsiz
elative virresse virsisse
allative virrele virsile
adessive virrelle virsille
ablative virrelte virsilte
translative virressi virsissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), virsi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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