Derived from whisky by a colloquial formation changing certain /s/ consonant clusters into -rr-. Compare flaska > flarra (“bottle”) and smaskig > smarrig (“yummy, tasty”).
virre c
Declension of virre | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | virre | virren | virrar | virrarna |
Genitive | virres | virrens | virrars | virrarnas |
From Proto-Finnic *verdek.
virre
Declension of virre (type XIV/terve, rt-rr gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | virre | virted |
genitive | virte | virteje, virtei |
partitive | virrette | virteite, virtei |
illative | virtese, virte | virteise |
inessive | virtez | virteiz |
elative | virtesse | virteisse |
allative | virtele | virteile |
adessive | virtelle | virteille |
ablative | virtelte | virteilte |
translative | virtessi | virteissi |
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. |