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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From the same root as *virkedä and *virgot'ak. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Adjective
*virkka
- brisk, lively, hardworking
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*virkka
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*virk'at
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accusative
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*virk'an
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*virk'at
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genitive
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*virk'an
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*virkkadën *virkkoidën
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partitive
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*virkkada
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*virkkoida
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inessive
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*virk'assa *virk'ahna
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*virk'oissa *virk'oihna
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elative
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*virk'asta
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*virk'oista
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illative
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*virkkahën
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*virkkoihën
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adessive
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*virk'alla
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*virk'oilla
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ablative
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*virk'alta
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*virk'oilta
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allative
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*virkkalën *virkkalëk
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*virkkoilën *virkkoilëk
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essive
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*virkkana
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*virkkoina
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translative
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*virk'aksi
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*virk'oiksi
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instructive
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*virk'an
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*virk'oin
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comitative
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*virkkanëk
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*virkkoinëk
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abessive
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*virk'atta
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*virk'oitta
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Descendants
From *virkku (+ *-u):
Further reading
- “virk”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “virkku”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN