virtaus

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Finnish

Etymology

virrata (to flow) +‎ -us

Pronunciation

Noun

virtaus

  1. current (part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction)
    Synonym: virta
    Lahden suulla voi esiintyä vaarallisia virtauksia.
    Dangerous currents may occur at the mouth of the bay.
  2. current (tendency or a course of events)
    Synonym: suuntaus
    aatevirtauscurrent of thought
  3. run, flow (amount of a fluid that moves)
    Jatkuva veden virtaus hanasta ärsyttää minua.
    The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me.
  4. flow (rate of fluid movement)
    Synonym: virtausnopeus
    Avaa venttiili ja varmista, että virtaus on riittävä.
    Turn on the valve and make sure you have sufficient flow.

Declension

Inflection of virtaus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative virtaus virtaukset
genitive virtauksen virtausten
virtauksien
partitive virtausta virtauksia
illative virtaukseen virtauksiin
singular plural
nominative virtaus virtaukset
accusative nom. virtaus virtaukset
gen. virtauksen
genitive virtauksen virtausten
virtauksien
partitive virtausta virtauksia
inessive virtauksessa virtauksissa
elative virtauksesta virtauksista
illative virtaukseen virtauksiin
adessive virtauksella virtauksilla
ablative virtaukselta virtauksilta
allative virtaukselle virtauksille
essive virtauksena virtauksina
translative virtaukseksi virtauksiksi
abessive virtauksetta virtauksitta
instructive virtauksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of virtaus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

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