Noun: vīrs
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | vīrs |
| Accusative | vīru |
| Genitive | vīra |
| Dative | vīram |
| Instrumental | vīru |
| Locative | vīrā |
| Vocative | vīrs |
Plural
| Nominative | vīri |
| Accusative | vīrus |
| Genitive | vīru |
| Dative | vīriem |
| Instrumental | vīriem |
| Locative | vīros |
| Vocative | vīri |
Sample Sentences
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vīrs un sieva (husband and wife)
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gādīgs vīrs (a caring husband)
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saticīgs vīrs (a husband who is easy to live with)
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dzērājs vīrs (a drunkard husband)
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vīra māsa (husband's sister (= sister-in-law))
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vīra radi (husband's relatives (= in-laws))
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ņemt vīru (to take a husband)
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iziet pie vīra (to go to (= take) a husband)
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tāds veikls un smuks puisis, un krietns... laimīga tā meita, kas viņu reiz dabūs par vīru (such a neat and handsome guy, and honest... happy (is) the woman who will get him as a husband)
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pusmūža vīrs (a middle-aged man)
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stalts vīrs (a stately man)
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omulīgs vīrs (a cheerful, jovial man)
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lāga vīrs (a good man, a good fellow)
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spēka vīrs (a man of strength (= strong man))
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goda vīrs (a man of honor (= honorable man))
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īsts vīrs (a real man)
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vīru koris, vīriešu koris (male, men's choir)
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sardzes vīrs (watch (lit. defense, protection) man)
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darba vīrs (workman, worker)
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karavīrs (soldier (lit. war-man))
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ugunsdzēsēju komandas vīri (fire-brigade men (= firemen, firefighters))
Nouns inflected like vīrs
vēders,
akvārijs,
ziloņkauls,
iekaisums,
šāvējs,
ģitārists,
ābols,
dievs,
ezers,
tārps,
omārs,
bērns,
kakls,
kalns,
kauls,
putns,
zieds,
gājiens,
grāmatsējējs,
deguns, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wī́ˀras, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós “man” < “strong one”, from the stem *weyh₁- (“to go, move in a straight direction; to be strong”) (cf. Latin vīs (“strength”)). Cognates include Lithuanian výras, Old Prussian wijrs, wirs, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (wair), Old High German wer, Old Norse verr, Old Irish fer, Sanskrit वीर (vīrá), Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬭𐬀 (vira), 𐬬𐬍𐬭𐬀 (vīra), Latin vir. See: Latin Nouns '
vīs', Gothic Nouns '
𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂', Old Norse Nouns '
verr', Latin Nouns '
vir'.
Verbs referencing "vīrs"
Latin Nouns
vir.
Translations