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Polish
Etymology
From balsam + -ka. First attested in 1613.[1]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -amka
- Syllabification: bal‧sam‧ka
Noun
balsamka f
- (obsolete) any plant of the genus Momordica
- Synonym: przepękła
- (obsolete) pomander (small flacon for balms often carried on one's person)
Declension
References
- ^ Dorota Adamiec (19.01.2016) “BALSAMKA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
Further reading
- balsamka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “balsamka”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “balsamka”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “balsamka”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “balsamka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 89
- balsamka in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego