virre
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Derived from whisky by a colloquial formation changing certain /s/ consonant clusters into -rr-. Compare flaska > flarra (“bottle”) and smaskig > smarrig (“yummy, tasty”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
virre c
- (colloquial) (glass of) whiskey
- Synonym: whisky
- att ta sig en virre
- to have a glass of whiskey
Declension edit
| Declension of virre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | virre | virren | virrar | virrarna |
| Genitive | virres | virrens | virrars | virrarnas |
References edit
- Per Ledin (2013 March 28) “Glad pårre igen!”, in På svenska[1] (Blog), archived from the original on 26 September 2020
Anagrams edit
Votic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *verdek.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
virre
Inflection edit
| Declension of virre (type XIV/terve, rt-rr gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 edit
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “virre”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn