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Latvian
Etymology
A variant of the (now rarer) term virsus, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wíršus, Proto-Indo-European *wers-, from *wer- (“elevated place”) with an extra suffix -s. Cognates include Lithuanian viršùs, Proto-Slavic *vьrxъ (Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ), Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian верх (verx), Bulgarian връх (vrǎh), Czech vrch, Polish wierzch), Old English wearr (“hardened blister, wart”), dialectal German Werre (“eye inflammation, stye”), Old Irish ferr (“better”), Sanskrit वर्ष्मन् (varṣmán, “height, highest part, peak, top, end”), Latin verrūca (“wart”).
Pronunciation
Noun
virsa f (4th declension)
- top (the upper part, of an object, body, etc.)
- galda virsa ― table top
- siena krāvuma virsa ― top of a hay stack
- cepure ar platu virsu ― hat with a wide top
- surface
- ūdens virsas temperatūra ― water surface temperature
- apavu virsa ― surface of a shoe
- pulksteņa virsa atmirdzēja kā zelts ― the surface of the clock was shining like gold
Declension
Declension of virsa (4th declension)
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