virsikirja

== Finnish == === Etymology === virsi (“hymn”) +‎ kirja (“book”). Coined by Finnish priest and rector Jacobus Finno in 1583. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋirsiˌkirjɑ/, [ˈʋirs̠iˌk̟irjɑ̝] Rhymes: -irjɑ Syllabification(key): vir‧si‧kir‧ja Hyphenation(key): virsi‧kirja === Noun === virsikirja hymnal, hymnary, hymnbook (collection of hymns in book format) (nautical) wing and wing, goose wing (position of sails in a fore-and-aft rigged sailboat) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (both senses): virsari (colloquial) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== virsikokoelma === References === === Further reading === “virsikirja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023