virši

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See also: virsi, and virsī

Karelian

Regional variants of virši
North Karelian
(Viena) 		virši
South Karelian
(Tver) 		virži

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *virci. Cognates include Finnish virsi and Estonian virs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋirʃi/
  • Hyphenation: vir‧ši

Noun

virši (genitive virren, partitive virttä)

  1. (North Karelian) rune (traditional poem)

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of virši (type 10/vesi, rt-rr gradation)
singular plural
nominative virši virret
genitive virren viršien
partitive virttä viršijä
illative virših viršilöih
inessive virreššä viršilöissä
elative virreštä viršilöistä
adessive virrellä viršilöillä
ablative virreltä viršilöiltä
translative virrekši viršilöiksi
essive viršinä viršilöinä
comitative — viršilöineh
abessive virrettä viršilöittä
Possessive forms of virši
1st person virteni
2nd person virteš
3rd person virteh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “virsi”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

Latvian

Noun

virši m

  1. nominative/vocative plural of virsis
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