palsami
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Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish balsam; ultimately from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon, “balsam”), of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
| Inflection of palsami (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- (flower): häpykannus
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “palsami”, 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 2023-07-03