virre
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Derived from whisky by a colloquial formation changing certain /s/ consonant clusters into -rr-. Compare flaska > flarra (“bottle”) and smaskig > smarrig (“yummy, tasty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²vɪrɛ/
Noun
virre c
Declension
Declension of virre | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | virre | virren | virrar | virrarna |
Genitive | virres | virrens | virrars | virrarnas |
References
- Per Ledin (2013 March 28) “Glad pårre igen!”, in På svenska (Blog), archived from the original on 26 September 2020
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *verdek.
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvirːe/, [ˈvʲirːe]
- Rhymes: -irːe
- Hyphenation: vir‧re
Inflection
Declension of virre (type XIV/terve, rt-rr gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | virre | virted |
genitive | virte | virteije, virtei |
partitive | virrette | virteite, virtei |
illative | virtese, virte | virteise |
inessive | virtez | virteiz |
elative | virtesse | virteisse |
allative | virtele | virteile |
adessive | virtelle | virteille |
ablative | virtelte | virteilte |
translative | virtessi | virteissi |
*) 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. |
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “virre”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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