helkavirsi

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Finnish

Etymology

From helka- +‎ virsi (song, choral); see helkajuhla for the initial component.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhelkɑˌʋirsi/,
  • Rhymes: -irsi
  • Hyphenation(key): helka‧virsi

Noun

helkavirsi

  1. Finnish poem in the Kalevala meter (trochaic tetrameter), especially one sung in a helkajuhla.

Declension

Inflection of helkavirsi (Kotus type 28*K/kynsi, rt-rr gradation)
nominative helkavirsi helkavirret
genitive helkavirren helkavirsien
partitive helkavirttä helkavirsiä
illative helkavirteen helkavirsiin
singular plural
nominative helkavirsi helkavirret
accusative nom. helkavirsi helkavirret
gen. helkavirren
genitive helkavirren helkavirsien
helkavirtten rare
partitive helkavirttä helkavirsiä
inessive helkavirressä helkavirsissä
elative helkavirrestä helkavirsistä
illative helkavirteen helkavirsiin
adessive helkavirrellä helkavirsillä
ablative helkavirreltä helkavirsiltä
allative helkavirrelle helkavirsille
essive helkavirtenä helkavirsinä
translative helkavirreksi helkavirsiksi
abessive helkavirrettä helkavirsittä
instructive helkavirsin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of helkavirsi (Kotus type 28*K/kynsi, rt-rr gradation)

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