virsu
Finnish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old East Slavic *вьрзъ (*vĭrzŭ).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvirsu
- birchbark shoe (shoe made by weaving strips of birchbark, used earlier in Scandinavia and elsewhere in the boreal forest zone)
- bast shoe; one of a pair of lapti (similar shoe made of bast, used chiefly in more temperate regions where bast is readily available)
Declension
editInflection of virsu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | virsu | virsut | |
genitive | virsun | virsujen | |
partitive | virsua | virsuja | |
illative | virsuun | virsuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | virsu | virsut | |
accusative | nom. | virsu | virsut |
gen. | virsun | ||
genitive | virsun | virsujen | |
partitive | virsua | virsuja | |
inessive | virsussa | virsuissa | |
elative | virsusta | virsuista | |
illative | virsuun | virsuihin | |
adessive | virsulla | virsuilla | |
ablative | virsulta | virsuilta | |
allative | virsulle | virsuille | |
essive | virsuna | virsuina | |
translative | virsuksi | virsuiksi | |
abessive | virsutta | virsuitta | |
instructive | — | virsuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
edit- (birchbark shoe): tuohivirsu
- (bast shoe): niinivirsu
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “virsu”, 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
Anagrams
editLatvian
editNoun
editvirsu f
- inflection of virsa:
virsu m
- inflection of virsus: