Sämpsä

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Ingrian

Etymology

Related to Finnish Sampsa. Possibly originally from Latin Samson.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sämpsä

  1. (Finnic mythology) A god of fields and growth
    • 1915, Volmari Porkka, quoting Kati-akka, “1139. Soikkola, Väärnoja, III1”, in Väinö Salminen, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot‎, volume III1, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 5-6:
      Sämpsän mättähälläkää, // Pellervoin mäelläkää?
      Neither on Sämpsä's hillock, // Nor on Pellervo's mountain?

Declension

Declension of Sämpsä (type 3/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative Sämpsä —
genitive Sämpsän —
partitive Sämpsää —
illative Sämpsää —
inessive Sämpsääs —
elative Sämpsäst —
allative Sämpsälle —
adessive Sämpsääl —
ablative Sämpsält —
translative Sämpsäks —
essive Sämpsännä, Sämpsään —
exessive1) Sämpsänt —
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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