/²vɪrɛ/
UrsprungDerived from whisky by a colloquial formation changing certain /s/ consonant clusters into -rr-. Compare flaska > flarra (“bottle”) and smaskig > smarrig (“yummy, tasty”).
- colloquial, common-gender(glass of) whiskey
“att ta sig en virre” — to have a glass of whiskey
Formervirre(indefinite, nominative, singular) · virres(genitive, indefinite, singular) · virren(definite, nominative, singular) · virrens(definite, genitive, singular) · virrar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · virrars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · virrarna(definite, nominative, plural) · virrarnas(definite, genitive, plural) · wirre(alternative)
Källa: Wiktionary