hirvas

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *hirvas, borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirwas. Cognate with Northern Sami sarvvis, which must have either been borrowed directly from Balto-Slavic or (more likely) come via Finnic before *š became h. Doublet of sarvas. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhirʋɑs/, [ˈhirʋɑ̝s̠] Rhymes: -irʋɑs Syllabification(key): hir‧vas Hyphenation(key): hir‧vas === Noun === hirvas reindeer stag (adult male reindeer, sometimes defined as one that is at least three years old) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Serbo-Croatian: ȉrvās (“reindeer”) ==== See also ==== poro vaadin vasa === Further reading === “hirvas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023