# virsu
## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋirsu/, [ˈʋirs̠u]
* Rhymes: -irsu
* Hyphenation: vir‧su

### Noun

virsu (usually in the plural)
* birchbark shoe (shoe made by weaving strips of birchbark, used earlier in Scandinavia and elsewhere in the boreal forest zone)
* 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

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

* tuohivirsu

### Further reading

* “virsu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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
* inflection of virsa:
** accusative/instrumental singular
** genitive plural

### Noun

virsu m
* inflection of virsus:
** accusative/instrumental singular
** genitive plural