virsi
See also: virsī and virši
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *virci, from earlier *virti, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian vārds (“word, name”) and Old Prussian wīrds).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋirsi/, [ˈʋirs̠i]
- Rhymes: -irsi
- Syllabification(key): vir‧si
Noun
virsi
- (religion, music) hymn, psalm or chant
- (obsolete or humorous) song, poem
- Synonyms: (song) laulu, (poem) runo
Declension
| 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 virttenrare | |
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | virsin | |
| abessive | virrettä | virsittä | |
| comitative | — | virsineen | |
| Possessive forms of virsi (type kynsi) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | virteni | virtemme |
| 2nd person | virtesi | virtenne |
| 3rd person | virtensä | |
Derived terms
- ainevirsi
- hautajaisvirsi
- helkavirsi
- häävirsi
- itkuvirsi
- jouluvirsi
- päivän virsi
- saarnavirsi
- suruvirsi
- suvivirsi
- valitusvirsi
- virrensäe
- virrensäkeistö
- virrensävel
- virrentekijä
- virrenveisuu
- virsikannel
- virsikantele
- virsikirja
- virsikokoelma
- virsilaulu
- virsiniekka
- virsirunoilija
- virsirunous
- virsiseppä
- virsiseurat
- virsisävelmä
- virsitaulu
See also
- psalmi
- veisata
Anagrams
- sirvi
Latvian
Noun
virsi m
- vocative singular form of virsis
- accusative singular form of virsis
- instrumental singular form of virsis
virsi m
- nominative plural form of virsus
- vocative plural form of virsus
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *virci.
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvirsi/, [ˈvirsi]
- Rhymes: -irsi
- Hyphenation: vir‧si
Noun
virsi
- folk song, traditional song
Inflection
| Declension of virsi (type X/tuli, rt-rr gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | virsi, virs | virred |
| genitive | virre | virsije, virsi |
| partitive | virtte | virsite, virsi |
| illative | virte, virtese | virsije, virsise |
| inessive | virrez | virsiz |
| elative | virresse | virsisse |
| allative | virrele | virsile |
| adessive | virrelle | virsille |
| ablative | virrelte | virsilte |
| translative | virressi | virsissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “virsi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn