virsu

See also: Virsu, viršu, and virsū

Finnish
Birchbark shoes
Bast shoes on display in a museum in Donetsk, Ukraine

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic *вьрзъ (*vĭrzŭ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋirsu/, [ˈʋirs̠u]
  • Rhymes: -irsu
  • Syllabification(key): vir‧su

Noun

virsu

  1. birchbark shoe (shoe made by weaving strips of birchbark, used earlier in Scandinavia and elsewhere in the boreal forest zone)
  2. 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
Inflection of virsu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of virsu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative virsuni virsuni
accusative nom. virsuni virsuni
gen. virsuni
genitive virsuni virsujeni
partitive virsuani virsujani
inessive virsussani virsuissani
elative virsustani virsuistani
illative virsuuni virsuihini
adessive virsullani virsuillani
ablative virsultani virsuiltani
allative virsulleni virsuilleni
essive virsunani virsuinani
translative virsukseni virsuikseni
abessive virsuttani virsuittani
instructive — —
comitative — virsuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative virsusi virsusi
accusative nom. virsusi virsusi
gen. virsusi
genitive virsusi virsujesi
partitive virsuasi virsujasi
inessive virsussasi virsuissasi
elative virsustasi virsuistasi
illative virsuusi virsuihisi
adessive virsullasi virsuillasi
ablative virsultasi virsuiltasi
allative virsullesi virsuillesi
essive virsunasi virsuinasi
translative virsuksesi virsuiksesi
abessive virsuttasi virsuittasi
instructive — —
comitative — virsuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative virsumme virsumme
accusative nom. virsumme virsumme
gen. virsumme
genitive virsumme virsujemme
partitive virsuamme virsujamme
inessive virsussamme virsuissamme
elative virsustamme virsuistamme
illative virsuumme virsuihimme
adessive virsullamme virsuillamme
ablative virsultamme virsuiltamme
allative virsullemme virsuillemme
essive virsunamme virsuinamme
translative virsuksemme virsuiksemme
abessive virsuttamme virsuittamme
instructive — —
comitative — virsuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative virsunne virsunne
accusative nom. virsunne virsunne
gen. virsunne
genitive virsunne virsujenne
partitive virsuanne virsujanne
inessive virsussanne virsuissanne
elative virsustanne virsuistanne
illative virsuunne virsuihinne
adessive virsullanne virsuillanne
ablative virsultanne virsuiltanne
allative virsullenne virsuillenne
essive virsunanne virsuinanne
translative virsuksenne virsuiksenne
abessive virsuttanne virsuittanne
instructive — —
comitative — virsuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative virsunsa virsunsa
accusative nom. virsunsa virsunsa
gen. virsunsa
genitive virsunsa virsujensa
partitive virsuaan
virsuansa		 virsujaan
virsujansa
inessive virsussaan
virsussansa		 virsuissaan
virsuissansa
elative virsustaan
virsustansa		 virsuistaan
virsuistansa
illative virsuunsa virsuihinsa
adessive virsullaan
virsullansa		 virsuillaan
virsuillansa
ablative virsultaan
virsultansa		 virsuiltaan
virsuiltansa
allative virsulleen
virsullensa		 virsuilleen
virsuillensa
essive virsunaan
virsunansa		 virsuinaan
virsuinansa
translative virsukseen
virsuksensa		 virsuikseen
virsuiksensa
abessive virsuttaan
virsuttansa		 virsuittaan
virsuittansa
instructive — —
comitative — virsuineen
virsuinensa

Synonyms
  • (birchbark shoe): tuohivirsu
  • (bast shoe): niinivirsu

Derived terms
compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Latvian

Noun

virsu f

  1. inflection of virsa:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular
    2. genitive plural

virsu m

  1. inflection of virsus:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular
    2. genitive plural
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