palsa
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English
Etymology
From Finnish palsa, from Northern Sami balsa.
Noun
palsa (plural palsas)
- (geomorphology) A hummock rising out of a bog with a core of ice; similar in appearance to a pingo but due to different structure palsas cannot grow as big as pingos.
Translations
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Northern Sami balsa.
Noun
palsa
Declension
| Inflection of palsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | palsa | palsat | ||
| genitive | palsan | palsojen | ||
| partitive | palsaa | palsoja | ||
| illative | palsaan | palsoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | palsa | palsat | ||
| accusative | nom. | palsa | palsat | |
| gen. | palsan | |||
| genitive | palsan | palsojen palsainrare | ||
| partitive | palsaa | palsoja | ||
| inessive | palsassa | palsoissa | ||
| elative | palsasta | palsoista | ||
| illative | palsaan | palsoihin | ||
| adessive | palsalla | palsoilla | ||
| ablative | palsalta | palsoilta | ||
| allative | palsalle | palsoille | ||
| essive | palsana | palsoina | ||
| translative | palsaksi | palsoiksi | ||
| abessive | palsatta | palsoitta | ||
| instructive | — | palsoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “1. palsa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
Originally a slang shortening of palttoo.
Noun
palsa (colloquial)
- long overcoat
Declension
| Inflection of palsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | palsa | palsat | ||
| genitive | palsan | palsojen | ||
| partitive | palsaa | palsoja | ||
| illative | palsaan | palsoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | palsa | palsat | ||
| accusative | nom. | palsa | palsat | |
| gen. | palsan | |||
| genitive | palsan | palsojen palsainrare | ||
| partitive | palsaa | palsoja | ||
| inessive | palsassa | palsoissa | ||
| elative | palsasta | palsoista | ||
| illative | palsaan | palsoihin | ||
| adessive | palsalla | palsoilla | ||
| ablative | palsalta | palsoilta | ||
| allative | palsalle | palsoille | ||
| essive | palsana | palsoina | ||
| translative | palsaksi | palsoiksi | ||
| abessive | palsatta | palsoitta | ||
| instructive | — | palsoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Further reading
- “2. palsa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01