palsami
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).
- balsam, balm (figurative: 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
Derived terms
Compounds edit
- haavapalsami
- kanadanpalsami
- kopaivapalsami
- lääkepalsami
- mummonpalsami
- palsamihaapa
- palsamikukka
- palsamikuusi
- palsaminkukka
- palsamipoppeli
- palsamipuu
- perunpalsami
Further reading edit
- “palsami”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03