virta

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Esperanto

Etymology

From virto +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

virta (accusative singular virtan, plural virtaj, accusative plural virtajn)

  1. virtuous

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *virta, borrowed from Proto-Slavic *vьrtъ (or earlier Balto-Slavic).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

virta

  1. flow, stream, current
    Synonym: virtaus
    Virta vei mukanaan.
    The current (of water) took (us, something, ...) with it.
    Kaasun virta pysähtyi putkistossa.
    The gas flow stopped in the pipes.
  2. (large) river
    Synonym: joki
    Soudimme veneellä virtaa ylöspäin.
    We rowed up the river in a boat.
  3. (physics, electronics) current
    Synonym: sähkövirta (“electric current”)
    Sähköteho on virran ja jännitteen tulo.
    Electrical power is the product of current times voltage.
  4. (informal) electricity, power
    Synonym: sähkö
    Pattereista loppui virta.
    The batteries run out of power.
  5. (figuratively) stream (steady flow or succession of material)
    Autojen loputon virta keskustaan aiheutti suuren ruuhkan.
    The endless stream of cars heading downtown caused a large traffic jam.
  6. (figuratively) flow (in expressions referring to conformity)
    kulkea virran mukana ― to go with the flow
  7. (figuratively) zip, energy, vigor, vim (personal energy)
    Mistähän sitä saisi virtaa jaksaa tämäkin päivä?
    Where am I supposed to get the energy to live through today too?
  8. (slang, uncommon) speed (recreational amphetamine drug)
    Synonyms: piri, pore, amfe, amffe, spiidi, vauhti, pöhinä, (standard) amfetamiini

Declension

Inflection of virta (Kotus type 9*K/kala, rt-rr gradation)
nominative virta virrat
genitive virran virtojen
partitive virtaa virtoja
illative virtaan virtoihin
singular plural
nominative virta virrat
accusative nom. virta virrat
gen. virran
genitive virran virtojen
virtain rare
partitive virtaa virtoja
inessive virrassa virroissa
elative virrasta virroista
illative virtaan virtoihin
adessive virralla virroilla
ablative virralta virroilta
allative virralle virroille
essive virtana virtoina
translative virraksi virroiksi
abessive virratta virroitta
instructive — virroin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of virta (Kotus type 9*K/kala, rt-rr gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative virtani virtani
accusative nom. virtani virtani
gen. virtani
genitive virtani virtojeni
virtaini rare
partitive virtaani virtojani
inessive virrassani virroissani
elative virrastani virroistani
illative virtaani virtoihini
adessive virrallani virroillani
ablative virraltani virroiltani
allative virralleni virroilleni
essive virtanani virtoinani
translative virrakseni virroikseni
abessive virrattani virroittani
instructive — —
comitative — virtoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative virtasi virtasi
accusative nom. virtasi virtasi
gen. virtasi
genitive virtasi virtojesi
virtaisi rare
partitive virtaasi virtojasi
inessive virrassasi virroissasi
elative virrastasi virroistasi
illative virtaasi virtoihisi
adessive virrallasi virroillasi
ablative virraltasi virroiltasi
allative virrallesi virroillesi
essive virtanasi virtoinasi
translative virraksesi virroiksesi
abessive virrattasi virroittasi
instructive — —
comitative — virtoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative virtamme virtamme
accusative nom. virtamme virtamme
gen. virtamme
genitive virtamme virtojemme
virtaimme rare
partitive virtaamme virtojamme
inessive virrassamme virroissamme
elative virrastamme virroistamme
illative virtaamme virtoihimme
adessive virrallamme virroillamme
ablative virraltamme virroiltamme
allative virrallemme virroillemme
essive virtanamme virtoinamme
translative virraksemme virroiksemme
abessive virrattamme virroittamme
instructive — —
comitative — virtoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative virtanne virtanne
accusative nom. virtanne virtanne
gen. virtanne
genitive virtanne virtojenne
virtainne rare
partitive virtaanne virtojanne
inessive virrassanne virroissanne
elative virrastanne virroistanne
illative virtaanne virtoihinne
adessive virrallanne virroillanne
ablative virraltanne virroiltanne
allative virrallenne virroillenne
essive virtananne virtoinanne
translative virraksenne virroiksenne
abessive virrattanne virroittanne
instructive — —
comitative — virtoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative virtansa virtansa
accusative nom. virtansa virtansa
gen. virtansa
genitive virtansa virtojensa
virtainsa rare
partitive virtaansa virtojaan
virtojansa
inessive virrassaan
virrassansa 		virroissaan
virroissansa
elative virrastaan
virrastansa 		virroistaan
virroistansa
illative virtaansa virtoihinsa
adessive virrallaan
virrallansa 		virroillaan
virroillansa
ablative virraltaan
virraltansa 		virroiltaan
virroiltansa
allative virralleen
virrallensa 		virroilleen
virroillensa
essive virtanaan
virtanansa 		virtoinaan
virtoinansa
translative virrakseen
virraksensa 		virroikseen
virroiksensa
abessive virrattaan
virrattansa 		virroittaan
virroittansa
instructive — —
comitative — virtoineen
virtoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “virta”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01

Further reading

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *virta. Cognates include Finnish virta and Livvi virdu.

Pronunciation

Noun

virta

  1. flow, current

Declension

Declension of virta (type 3/kana, rt-rr gradation)
singular plural
nominative virta virrat
genitive virran virtoin
partitive virtaa virtoja
illative virtaa virtoi
inessive virraas virrois
elative virrast virroist
allative virralle virroille
adessive virraal virroil
ablative virralt virroilt
translative virraks virroiks
essive virtanna, virtaan virtoinna, virtoin
exessive1) virtant virtoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 669
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