varsi

varsi

1. partitive plural of vars

From Proto-Finnic *varci, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *warte. Cognate with Estonian vars.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrsi/, [ˈʋɑ̝rs̠i]
• Rhymes: -ɑrsi
• Hyphenation^(key): var‧si

varsi

1. stalk (of a plant)
2. handle or haft of some tools; chiefly a longitudinal one, like one of an axe or hammer, but not that of a knife
3. arm; any structure that resembles a human arm
4. shaft of a boot
5. leg of a sock
6. stem of a tobacco pipe or a musical note
7. (technology, in compounds) rod
8. (in compounds) used for various parts of a human body; primarily of appendages
9. figure, the human body when discussed from a structural point of view
10. (physics) arm (distance)

    voiman varsi ― effort arm / lever arm

    kuorman varsi ― load arm

11. (in compounds) side (an area considered to be close to a waterway or a traffic route); in the locational cases, used like a postposition to refer to passing of time or a journey, along, during, or in the course of

    matkan varrella ― along the road

    pitkän elämäni varrella ― during my long life

    vuosien varrella ― in the course of many years

    tienvarsi ― side of the road

    joenvarsi ― side of the river

• (the human figure): vartalo. (colloquial) kroppa, runko

• vartalo

• varsin
• varsinainen
• varsinkin
• varras

• “varsi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

• Varis, sarvi, varis

• vars

From Proto-Finnic *varci. Cognate to Finnish varsi (“stalk”) and Estonian vars (“stalk”).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrsi/, [ˈʋɑrs̠ʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrsi/, [ˈʋɑrʒ̥i]
• Rhymes: -ɑrsʲ, -ɑrsi
• Hyphenation: var‧si

varsi

1. handle
2. shaft (of a boot)
3. stalk (of a plant)

Declension of varsi (type 5/vesi, rt-rr gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	varsi	varret
genitive	varren	varsiin, varsiloin
partitive	vartta	varsia, varsiloja
illative	vartee	varsii, varsiloihe
inessive	varrees	varsiis, varsilois
elative	varrest	varsist, varsiloist
allative	varrelle	varsille, varsiloille
adessive	varreel	varsiil, varsiloil
ablative	varrelt	varsilt, varsiloilt
translative	varreks	varsiks, varsiloiks
essive	varteenna, varteen	varsiinna, varsiloinna, varsiin, varsiloin
exessive1)	vartent	varsint, varsiloint
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.

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 643

From Proto-Finnic *varci.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑrsi/, [ˈvɑrsʲi]
• Rhymes: -ɑrsi
• Hyphenation: var‧si

varsi

1. stalk (of a plant)
2. stipe (of a mushroom)
3. handle, haft, shaft (of a tool)
4. leg (of a boot)

Declension of varsi (type X/tuli, rt-rr gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	varsi, vars	varrõd
genitive	varrõ	varsijõ, varsii
partitive	varttõ	varsiitõ, varsii
illative	vartõ, vartõsõ	varsiisõ
inessive	varrõz	varsiiz
elative	varrõssõ	varsiissõ
allative	varrõlõ	varsiilõ
adessive	varrõllõ	varsiillõ
ablative	varrõltõ	varsiiltõ
translative	varrõssi	varsiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “varsi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn