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单词 balsam
释义

balsam

See also: bàlsam and Balsam

English

Alternative forms

  • balsem, balsum, balsome

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon, “balsam”), of Semitic origin (Hebrew בושם‎ (“spice, perfume”)); compare Old English balsam, balsamum (“balsam, balm”), Doublet of balm. Not related to balsa.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: bôlʹsəm, IPA(key): /ˈbɔːlsəm/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

balsam (countable and uncountable, plural balsams)

  1. (chiefly UK) A sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plants.
  2. (chiefly UK) A plant or tree yielding such substance.
  3. (chiefly UK) A soothing ointment.
  4. (chiefly UK, figuratively) Something soothing.
    Classical music is a sweet balsam for our sorrows
  5. A flowering plant of the genus Impatiens.
  6. The balsam family of flowering plants (Balsaminaceae), which includes Impatiens and Hydrocera.
  7. A balsam fir Abies balsamea.
  8. Canada balsam, a turpentine obtained from the resin of balsam fir.

Synonyms

  • (sweet-smelling oil): balm
  • (plant or tree): balm
  • (soothing ointment): balm
  • (something soothing): balm
  • (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens): jewelweed, impatiens, touch-me-not

Derived terms

  • Abraham's balsam
  • balsamaceous
  • balsam apple
  • balsam Canada
  • balsamed
  • balsam fir
  • balsamic
  • balsamiferous
  • Balsamina
  • balsamint, balsam-mint
  • Balsam Lake
  • balsam of Acouchi
  • balsam of aniseed
  • balsam of Copaiba
  • balsam of fir
  • balsam of Gilead
  • balsam of Mecca
  • balsam of Peru
  • balsam of saturn
  • balsam of steel
  • balsam of sulfur, balsam of sulphur
  • balsam of Tolu
  • balsam oil
  • balsam pear
  • balsam poplar
  • balsamroot
  • balsam-tansy
  • balsam tree
  • balsamy
  • Canada balsam
  • friar's balsam
  • garden balsam
  • Himalayan balsam
  • Mecca balsam
  • Peruvian balsam
  • Tolu balsam
  • true balsam
  • Turlington's balsam
  • Umiri balsam
  • Wade's balsam
  • wild balsam apple
  • yellow balsam
  • balm
  • balsamate
  • balsamation
  • Balsaminaceae
  • balsamine
  • balsamise, balsamize
  • balsamitic
  • balsamo
  • balsamous
  • balsamum
  • opobalsam, opobalsamum
  • xylobalsamum

Translations

balsam fir — see balsam fir
turpentine from the resin of balsam fir — see Canada balsam
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Translations to be checked

See also

  • Impatiens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

balsam (third-person singular simple present balsams, present participle balsaming, simple past and past participle balsamed)

  1. (transitive) To treat or anoint with balsam.

Anagrams

  • lambas, sambal

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay balsam, from English balsam, from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon, “balsam”), of Semitic origin (Hebrew בושם‎ (“spice, perfume”)).

  • The word displaced balsêm, the loanword-cognate from Dutch balsem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbalsam]
  • Hyphenation: bal‧sam

Noun

balsam (first-person possessive balsamku, second-person possessive balsammu, third-person possessive balsamnya)

  1. balsam: a sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plants.

Alternative forms

  • balsêm (superseded spelling)

Derived terms

  • membalsam
  • pembalsaman
  • balsam kanada
  • balsam kopaiba
  • balsam mekah
  • balsam oregon
  • balsam peru
  • balsam tolu

Further reading

  • “balsam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish balsam(m), balsaim(e), from Latin balsamum, from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon).

Noun

balsam m (genitive singular balsaim)

  1. (medicine) balsam, balm
  2. balsam (plant)

Declension

Declension of balsam

First declension

Bare forms:

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativebalsambalsaim
Vocativea bhalsaima bhalsama
Genitivebalsaimbalsam
Dativebalsambalsaim

Forms with the definite article:

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativean balsamna balsaim
Genitivean bhalsaimna mbalsam
Dativeleis an mbalsam

don bhalsam

leis na balsaim

Derived terms

  • balsamach (“balmy”, adjective)
  • balsamaigh (“embalm”, verb)
  • balsam buí m (“yellow balsam”)
  • balsam gairdín m (“garden balsam”)
  • balsam na manach m (“friar's balsam”)
  • balsamóir m (“embalmer”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
balsambhalsammbalsam
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “balsam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “balsam(m), balsaim(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Polish

Alternative forms

  • balsan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin balsamum,[1][2] from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon).[3] First attested in the 15th century.

Noun

balsam m

  1. 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)
  2. wild mint, Mentha arvensis
  3. basil thyme, Clinopodium acinos
  4. The meaning of this term is uncertain.
    • 15th century, Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, published 1874-1891:
      Balsam balsamnis

Declension

Declension of balsam
singulardualplural
nominativebalsam——
genitivebalsama——
dative———
accusative———
instrumental———
locative———
vocative———
noun
  • balsamita

Descendants

  • Polish: balsam

References

  1. Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish)
  3. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “balsam”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “balsam”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Alternative forms

  • Balsamus, balzam, bałzam, bałsam (Middle Polish)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish balsam, from Latin balsamum,[1][2] from Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon).[3] First attested in the 15th century.[4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbal.sam/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -alsam
  • Syllabification: bal‧sam

Noun

balsam m inan

  1. balsam, balm (sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plants)
    Hypernym: żywica
  2. (cosmetics, medicine, pharmacology) lotion, balm (a low-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to skin)
    Synonyms: krem, mleczko, tonik
  3. (historical, Egyptology) embalming substance
  4. (figuratively) balsam, balm (something soothing)
    Synonyms: otucha, ukojenie

Declension

Declension of balsam
singularplural
nominativebalsambalsamy
genitivebalsamubalsamów
dativebalsamowibalsamom
accusativebalsambalsamy
instrumentalbalsamembalsamami
locativebalsamiebalsamach
vocativebalsamiebalsamy

Derived terms

adjectives
  • balsamiczny
  • balsamowy
adverb
  • balsamicznie
nouns
  • balsamina
  • balsaminka
  • balsamista
  • balsamka
  • balsamodrzew
  • balsamowiec
  • balsamowiec właściwy
  • balsam peruwiański
  • jodła balsamiczna
  • ocet balsamiczny
verbs
  • balsamować
  • nabalsamować
  • zabalsamować

References

  1. Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish)
  3. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “balsam”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “balsam”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Further reading

  • balsam in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • balsam in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • “balsam, Balsamus”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
  • Dorota Adamiec (10.07.2018), “BALZAM, BAŁZAM, *BAŁSAM BALSAM, BALZAM, BAŁZAM, *BAŁSAM”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814), “balsam”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “balsam”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “balsam”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 88

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin balsamum. Appears since 17th century. Probably entered Romanian through multiple routes, with the most common form from Italian balsamo, or through use in old medicinal practice. A now archaic variant form valsam derived from Greek βάλσαμο (válsamo). Cf. also German Balsam.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bal.ˈsam/
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Hyphenation: bal‧sam

Noun

balsam n (plural balsamuri)

  1. balsam (clarification of this definition is needed)
  2. unction, balm, salve, unguent

Derived terms

  • bălsăma

References

  1. http://www.dex.ro/balsam
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