vír

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See also: vir, Vir, VIR, Vir., viř, and -vir-

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vír, from Proto-Slavic *virъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

vír m inan

  1. whirlpool

Declension

Declension of vír (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative vír víry
genitive víru vírů
dative víru vírům
accusative vír víry
vocative víre víry
locative víru vírech
instrumental vírem víry

Further reading

  • “vír”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “vír”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “vír”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Icelandic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *wīraz (“wire”) from Proto-Indo-European *weyro- (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”).

Noun

vír m (genitive singular vírs, nominative plural vírar)

  1. wire

Declension

Declension of vír (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vír vírinn vírar vírarnir
accusative vír vírinn víra vírana
dative vír vírnum vírum vírunum
genitive vírs vírsins víra víranna

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