palkki

Finnish

(index pa)

Etymology

From Swedish balk.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈpɑlkːi]
• Hyphenation: palk‧ki

Noun

palkki

1. A beam (long piece of timber, metal or concrete used in construction as horizontal support).
2. A horizontal bar on top or bottom of a newspaper page or article, television screen etc.
3. (music) A beam (horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value).
4. (heraldry) A bend (strip from dexter chief (upper right corner) to sinister base of the shield). A strip from sinister chief to dexter base is called vastapalkki.

Declension

Declension of palkki (type risti) singular plural nominative palkki palkit genitive palkin palkkien partitive palkkia palkkeja accusative palkki palkin palkit inessive palkissa palkeissa elative palkista palkeista illative palkkiin palkkeihin adessive palkilla palkeilla ablative palkilta palkeilta allative palkille palkeille essive palkkina palkkeina translative palkiksi palkeiksi instructive – palkein abessive palkitta palkeitta comitative – palkkeineen

Derived terms

• palkittain

Anagrams

• pilkka, plakki, plikka