virre

Swedish

Alternative forms

• wirre

Etymology

Derived from whisky by a colloquial formation changing certain /s/ consonant clusters into -rr-. Compare flaska > flarra (“bottle”) and smaskig > smarrig (“yummy, tasty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²vɪrɛ/

Noun

virre c

1. (colloquial) (glass of) whiskey

   Synonym: whisky

   att ta sig en virre

   to have a glass of whiskey

Declension

Declension of virre

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	virre	virres
	definite	virren	virrens
plural	indefinite	virrar	virrars
	definite	virrarna	virrarnas

References

• Per Ledin (2013 March 28) “Glad pårre igen!”, in På svenska‎ (Blog), archived from the original on 26 September 2020

Anagrams

• revir, river

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *verdek.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvirːe/, [ˈvʲirːe]
• Rhymes: -irːe
• Hyphenation: vir‧re

Noun

virre

1. beerwort

Inflection

Declension of virre (type XIV/terve, rt-rr gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	virre	virted
genitive	virte	virteje, 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

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “virre”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn