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{
"etymology_text": "From the locative form virsū of virsus (“top, surface”) (q.v.), or perhaps from a related form virson found in 16th- and 17th-century texts.",
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"lang": "Latvian",
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"pos": "prep",
"senses": [
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"examples": [
{
"english": "hair over the head",
"text": "mati virs galvas",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to hold one's hand over the eyes",
"text": "turēt roku virs acīm",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the inscription above the door",
"text": "uzraksts virs durvīm",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the shelf above the desk",
"text": "plaukts virs galda",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the temperature is above the norm",
"text": "temperatūra ir virs normas",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "fog hovers above the lake",
"text": "virs ezera kūp migla",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to put one's hands on, above the covers",
"text": "likt rokas virs segas",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to put on, to wear a jacket over the dress",
"text": "uzvilkt jaku virs kleitas",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"on, over, above (with or without motion)"
],
"id": "en-virs-lv-prep-GmyFyXSf",
"links": [
[
"on",
"on"
],
[
"over",
"over"
],
[
"above",
"above"
],
[
"motion",
"motion#English"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "virsa"
},
{
"word": "virsma"
},
{
"word": "virsū"
},
{
"word": "virsus"
}
],
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"with-genitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[vìrs]"
}
],
"word": "virs"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From the locative form virsū of virsus (“top, surface”) (q.v.), or perhaps from a related form virson found in 16th- and 17th-century texts.",
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"pos": "prep",
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},
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},
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}
],
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"Latvian words with falling intonation",
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"examples": [
{
"english": "hair over the head",
"text": "mati virs galvas",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to hold one's hand over the eyes",
"text": "turēt roku virs acīm",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the inscription above the door",
"text": "uzraksts virs durvīm",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the shelf above the desk",
"text": "plaukts virs galda",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the temperature is above the norm",
"text": "temperatūra ir virs normas",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "fog hovers above the lake",
"text": "virs ezera kūp migla",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to put one's hands on, above the covers",
"text": "likt rokas virs segas",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to put on, to wear a jacket over the dress",
"text": "uzvilkt jaku virs kleitas",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"on, over, above (with or without motion)"
],
"links": [
[
"on",
"on"
],
[
"over",
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],
[
"above",
"above"
],
[
"motion",
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]
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],
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"ipa": "[vìrs]"
}
],
"word": "virs"
}
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