virsis

Latvian
Virši

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *wirš-, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ-, from the stem *wer- (“to bend”). The original name apparently made reference to the small bushes of this plant, full of little bent, twisted branches. Cognates include Lithuanian vìržis, vìržės, Proto-Slavic *versъ, *verzъ (Russian ве́рес (véres), ве́реск (véresk), Belarusian ве́рас (vjéras), Ukrainian ве́рес (véres), Czech vřes, Polish wrzos).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [vìrsis]

Noun

virsis m (2nd declension)

  1. (usually in the plural) heather (an evergreen plant, Calluna vulgaris, with small violet vlowers)
    sila virsis ― heather
    viršu medus ― heather honey

Declension
Declension of virsis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) virsis virši
accusative (akuzatīvs) virsi viršus
genitive (ģenitīvs) virša viršu
dative (datīvs) virsim viršiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) virsi viršiem
locative (lokatīvs) virsī viršos
vocative (vokatīvs) virsi virši

Derived terms

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “virši”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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