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

• tuohivirsu

 

Further reading

• “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

• virus

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