virga

suomi-englanti sanakirja

virga englannista suomeksi

1. sakka

0. Substantiivi

virga englanniksi

1. A type of note used in plainsong notation, having a tail and representing a single tone.

2. A streak of rain or snow that is dissipated in falling and does not reach the ground, commonly appearing descending from a cloud layer.

3. (quote-book)|title=The Devil in the White City|chapter=Pilgrimage|page=78|publisher=Vintage Books|text=Strong gusts of wind buffeted the train, and ghostly virga of ice followed it through the night.

4. A unit of length: a rod, pole or perch (5½ yards); or a unit of area: a square rod, pole or perch.

5. (l)

6. virgin, virginal

7. (adj form of)

8. rod

9. yard

10. dick

11. whip

12. strap

13. twig, young shoot

14. rod, switch for flogging.

15. 4th-century CE, Jerome of Stridon (St. Jerome), ''Vulgate'', Proverbs 26:3

flagellum equō et cāmus asinō et virgā dorsō inprūdentium

: ''A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.''

:: (trans.: Douay-Rheims Bible)

16. staff, stick

17. 8 AD . Fasti, Publius Ovidius Naso, Liber II, 703-704.

(ux)

18. wand (magical)

19. (Q)

20. penis

21. a unit of measurement, a rod; of either 3 feet in length, or 16½ feet, also known as a pole or perch; a square of land of the same length and breadth