/ˈkirsi/, [ˈk̟irs̠i]
AlkuperäFrom Proto-Finnic *kirci (compare Estonian kirs, Ingrian kersi, Karelian kirsi, Livonian kirt), possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian apskirsti (“to freeze”)).
- ground frost (frozen top layer of soil caused by cold weather in winter)
- error-lua-execa female given name
“Veisaisinpa virsiä
jos muistuttaisin Kirsiä.
Jos muistuttaisin Tuomasta
lakkaisin lauluja luomasta.” — I would I could sing chants
if I resembled a Kirsi.
If I resembled a Tuomas
I'd stop singing those songs.
- error-lua-execa Finnish surname
Muodotkirsi(nominative, singular) · kirret(nominative, plural) · kirsi(accusative, nominative, singular) · kirret(accusative, nominative, plural) · kirren(accusative, genitive, singular) · kirret(accusative, genitive, plural) · kirren(genitive, singular) · kirsien(genitive, plural) · kirtten(genitive, plural, rare) · kirttä(partitive, singular) · kirsiä(partitive, plural) · kirressä(inessive, singular) · kirsissä(inessive, plural) · kirrestä(elative, singular) · kirsistä(elative, plural) · kirteen(illative, singular) · kirsiin(illative, plural) · kirrellä(adessive, singular) · kirsillä(adessive, plural) · kirreltä(ablative, singular)