/ˈʋirtɑ/, [ˈʋirt̪ɑ̝]
AlkuperäFrom Proto-Finnic *virta, borrowed from Proto-Slavic *vьrtъ (or earlier Balto-Slavic).
- flow, stream, current
“Virta vei mukanaan.” — The current (of water) took (us, something, ...) with it.
“Kaasun virta pysähtyi putkistossa.” — The gas flow stopped in the pipes.
- river
“Soudimme veneellä virtaa ylöspäin.” — We rowed up the river in a boat.
- current (amount of electric charge flowing in each unit of time)
“Sähköteho on virran ja jännitteen tulo.” — Electrical power is the product of current times voltage.
- informalelectricity, power
“Pattereista loppui virta.” — The batteries run out of power.
- figurativelystream (steady flow or succession of material)
“Autojen loputon virta keskustaan aiheutti suuren ruuhkan.” — The endless stream of cars heading downtown caused a large traffic jam.
- figurativelyflow (in expressions referring to conformity)
“kulkea virran mukana” — to go with the flow
- figurativelyzip, energy, vigor, vim (personal energy)
“Mistähän sitä saisi virtaa jaksaa tämäkin päivä?” — Where am I supposed to get the energy to live through today too?
- slang, uncommonspeed (recreational amphetamine drug)
- error-lua-execa Finnish surname from landscape
Muodotvirta(nominative, singular) · virrat(nominative, plural) · virta(accusative, nominative, singular) · virrat(accusative, nominative, plural) · virran(accusative, genitive, singular) · virrat(accusative, genitive, plural) · virran(genitive, singular) · virtojen(genitive, plural) · virtain(genitive, plural, rare) · virtaa(partitive, singular) · virtoja(partitive, plural) · virrassa(inessive, singular) · virroissa(inessive, plural) · virrasta(elative, singular) · virroista(elative, plural) · virtaan(illative, singular) · virtoihin(illative, plural) · virralla(adessive, singular) · virroilla(adessive, plural) · virralta(ablative, singular)