vīri

See also: viri

Ashkun

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *warriya, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wardʰHam, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om, from the root *werh₁- (to say, speak).

Noun

vīrí (Sanu)[1]

  1. affair
  2. language
  3. word

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “viːr′i”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon[1]

Latvian

Noun

vīri m

  1. nominative/vocative plural of vīrs

Livonian

Etymology

Proto-Finnic *viherä +‎ -i (compare Finnish vihreä (green))

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈviːˀri/, [ˈviːˀri]

Adjective

vī’ri (comparative (ve’l) jo vī’ri, superlative amā vī’ri)

  1. yellow

Declension

Declension of vī’ri (201)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) vī’ri vī’rizt
genitive (genitīv) vī’riz vī’rizt
partitive (partitīv) vī’rizt
vī’rit
vī’riži
dative (datīv) vī’rizõn vī’riztõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) vī’rizõks vī’riztõks
illative (illatīv) vī’rizõ vī’rižiz
inessive (inesīv) vī’rizõs vī’rižis
elative (elatīv) vī’rizõst vī’rižist

References

  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “vīri”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra