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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 virtten rare | |
| 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) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||