Noun type: 9
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | virta |
| Partitive | virtaa |
| Genetive | virran |
| Accusative | virran |
| Inessive | virrassa |
| Elative | virrasta |
| Illative | virtaan |
| Adessive | virralla |
| Ablative | virralta |
| Allative | virralle |
| Essive | virtana |
| Translative | virraksi |
| Abessive | virratta |
Plural
| Nominative | virrat |
| Partitive | virtoja |
| Genetive | virtojen |
| Accusative | virrat |
| Inessive | virroissa |
| Elative | virroista |
| Illative | virtoihin |
| Adessive | virroilla |
| Ablative | virroilta |
| Allative | virroille |
| Essive | virtoina |
| Translative | virroiksi |
| Abessive | virroitta |
| Instructive | virroin |
| Comitative | virtoine |
Sample Sentences
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Virta vei mukanaan. (The current (of water) took (us, something, ...) with it.)
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Kaasun virta pysähtyi putkistossa. (The gas flow stopped in the pipes.)
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Soudimme veneellä virtaa ylöspäin. (We rowed up the river in a boat.)
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Sähköteho on virran ja jännitteen tulo. (Electrical power is the product of current times voltage.)
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Pattereista loppui virta. (The batteries run out of power.)
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Autojen loputon virta keskustaan aiheutti suuren ruuhkan. (The endless stream of cars heading downtown caused a large traffic jam.)
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kulkea virran mukana (to go with the flow)
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Mistähän sitä saisi virtaa jaksaa tämäkin päivä? (Where am I supposed to get the energy to live through today too?)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *virta, borrowed from either Proto-Slavic *vьrtъ or a Baltic cognate thereof.
Nouns inflected like virta
aapa,
aatra,
aava,
abbedissa,
abrakadabra,
abskissa,
adventtiaika,
aerodynamiikka,
afta,
agenda,
ahdelauha,
ahkeraliisa,
ahma,
ahminta,
ahnehdinta,
aika,
aina,
aisa,
aita,
aitta, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)