palsami
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Swedish balsam; ultimately from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon, “balsam”), of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]palsami
- balsam, balm (any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America)
- balsam, balm (any aromatic or fragrant ointment)
- (figuratively) balsam, balm (anything that heals or soothes)
- Klassinen musiikki on suloista palsamia murheillemme.
- Classical music is a sweet balsam for our sorrows.
- impatiens, touch-me-not, snapweed, patience; jewelweed (US) (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of palsami (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | palsami | palsamit | |
genitive | palsamin | palsamien palsameiden palsameitten | |
partitive | palsamia | palsameita palsameja | |
illative | palsamiin | palsameihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | palsami | palsamit | |
accusative | nom. | palsami | palsamit |
gen. | palsamin | ||
genitive | palsamin | palsamien palsameiden palsameitten | |
partitive | palsamia | palsameita palsameja | |
inessive | palsamissa | palsameissa | |
elative | palsamista | palsameista | |
illative | palsamiin | palsameihin | |
adessive | palsamilla | palsameilla | |
ablative | palsamilta | palsameilta | |
allative | palsamille | palsameille | |
essive | palsamina | palsameina | |
translative | palsamiksi | palsameiksi | |
abessive | palsamitta | palsameitta | |
instructive | — | palsamein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (flower): häpykannus
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “palsami”, 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 2023-07-03
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- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish terms derived from Semitic languages
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlsɑmi
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlsɑmi/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish paperi-type nominals