balzam

See also: balzám and bȧlzam

Kashubian

Alternative forms

• balsóm

Etymology

Borrowed from German Balsam. Compare Slovincian balzóm and Polish balsam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal.zam/
• Rhymes: -alzam
• Syllabification: bal‧zam

Noun

balzam m inan (related adjective balzamiczny or balzamowi)

1. balsam, balm (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plants)

Related terms

verbs

• balzamòwac

 

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “balsam”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “balsam”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• bàlsam (Serbia)

Etymology

From Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon, “balsam”), of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎlzam/
• Hyphenation: bal‧zam

Noun

bàlzam m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀лзам)

1. balsam

Declension

Declension of balzam

	singular	plural
nominative	balzam	balzami
genitive	balzama	balzama
dative	balzamu	balzamima
accusative	balzam	balzame
vocative	balzame	balzami
locative	balzamu	balzamima
instrumental	balzamom	balzamima

References

• “balzam”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024