No. 944 in Estonian

viiruse

The Estonian word "viiruse" means "of the virus" in English.

In a sentence

Viiruse levik on olnud kiire viimastel nädalatel.
The spread of the virus has been rapid in recent weeks.
Here, 'viiruse' is in the genitive case, indicating possession or relation, showing the 'spread of the virus'.
Arstid uurivad viiruse uusi tüvesid.
Doctors are studying new strains of the virus.
In this sentence, 'viiruse' is again in the genitive case, used here for specifying 'strains of the virus' as a characteristic of the strains.
Me saime vaktsiini, mis kaitseb viiruse eest.
We received a vaccine that protects against the virus.
Here, 'viiruse' is in the genitive case, used in the phrase 'kaitseb viiruse eest' to specify the entity against which the protection is focused.

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