From Proto-Finnic *virci, from earlier *virti, borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wirdas (compare Latvian vārds (“word, name”) and Old Prussian wīrds), from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om (compare English word, Latin verbum).
virsi
Inflection of virsi (Kotus type 28*K/kynsi, rt-rr gradation) | ||||
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nominative | virsi | virret | ||
genitive | virren | virsien | ||
partitive | virttä | virsiä | ||
illative | virteen | virsiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | virsi | virret | ||
accusative | nom. | virsi | virret | |
gen. | virren | |||
genitive | virren | virsien virttenrare | ||
partitive | virttä | virsiä | ||
inessive | virressä | virsissä | ||
elative | virrestä | virsistä | ||
illative | virteen | virsiin | ||
adessive | virrellä | virsillä | ||
ablative | virreltä | virsiltä | ||
allative | virrelle | virsille | ||
essive | virtenä | virsinä | ||
translative | virreksi | virsiksi | ||
abessive | virrettä | virsittä | ||
instructive | — | virsin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
virsi m
virsi m
From Proto-Finnic *virci.
virsi
Declension of virsi (type X/tuli, rt-rr gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | virsi, virs | virred |
genitive | virre | virsije, virsii |
partitive | virtte | virsiite, virsii |
illative | virte, virtese | virsiise |
inessive | virrez | virsiiz |
elative | virresse | virsiisse |
allative | virrele | virsiile |
adessive | virrelle | virsiille |
ablative | virrelte | virsiilte |
translative | virressi | virsiissi |
*) 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. |