virži

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Karelian

Regional variants of virži
North Karelian
(Viena) 		virši
South Karelian
(Tver) 		virži

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *virci. Cognates include Finnish virsi and Estonian virs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋirʒi/
  • Hyphenation: vir‧ži

Noun

virži (genitive virren, partitive virtä, diminutive virryt)

  1. (South Karelian) song

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of virži (type 10/vezi, rd-rr gradation)
singular plural
nominative virži virret
genitive virren viržilöin
partitive virtä viržilöidä
illative viržih viržilöih
inessive virreššä viržilöissä
elative virreštä viržilöistä
adessive virrellä viržilöillä
ablative virreldä viržilöildä
translative virrekši viržilöiksi
essive viržinä viržilöinä
comitative virrenke viržilöinke
abessive virrettä viržilöittä
Possessive forms of virži
1st person virdeni
2nd person virdeš
3rd person virdeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “virži”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
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