hirsi
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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hirci, from earlier *širti, borrowed from Slavic; compare Proto-Slavic *žьrdь (whence Russian жердь (žerdʹ)).[1] Cognate with Ingrian hersi, Karelian hirsi, Estonian hirs, Votic irsi.
Pronunciation
Noun
hirsi
- log, timber (heavy wooden beam used or carved ready for use in construction of a log house or similar)
- (chiefly in expressions) Synonym of hirsipuu (“hanging tree, gallows”)
- mennä hirteen ― to hang oneself
- (heraldry) fess
Declension
| Inflection of hirsi (Kotus type 28*K/kynsi, rt-rr gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hirsi | hirret | |
| genitive | hirren | hirsien | |
| partitive | hirttä | hirsiä | |
| illative | hirteen | hirsiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hirsi | hirret | |
| accusative | nom. | hirsi | hirret |
| gen. | hirren | ||
| genitive | hirren | hirsien hirtten rare | |
| partitive | hirttä | hirsiä | |
| inessive | hirressä | hirsissä | |
| elative | hirrestä | hirsistä | |
| illative | hirteen | hirsiin | |
| adessive | hirrellä | hirsillä | |
| ablative | hirreltä | hirsiltä | |
| allative | hirrelle | hirsille | |
| essive | hirtenä | hirsinä | |
| translative | hirreksi | hirsiksi | |
| abessive | hirrettä | hirsittä | |
| instructive | — | hirsin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
- vedellä hirsiä
- vetää hirsiä (“to catch Zs, saw logs, to sleep soundly”)
- vetää itsensä hirteen (“to hang oneself, commit suicide by hanging”)
adjectives
adverbs
verbs
compounds
- harjahirsi
- hirsiaita
- hirsiaitta
- hirsihuvila
- Hirsikangas
- hirsikehikko
- hirsikerros
- hirsikerta
- hirsikota
- hirsikoulu
- hirsimaja
- Hirsimäki
- hirsimökki
- hirsipaneeli
- hirsipuu
- hirsirakenne
- hirsirakennus
- hirsisalvos
- hirsisauna
- hirsiseinä
- hirsitalo
- höylähirsi
- jalkahirsi
- kattohirsi
- kelohirsi
- kurkihirsi
- lamellihirsi
- mäntyhirsi
- niskahirsi
- pelkkahirsi
- poikkihirsi
- ponttihirsi
- pystyhirsi
- pyöröhirsi
- seinähirsi
- siihirsi
See also
References
Further reading
- “hirsi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Icelandic
Etymology
Compare Old High German hirso.
Pronunciation
Noun
hirsi n (genitive singular hirsis, nominative plural hirsi)
Declension
References
- “hirsi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)