Sampsa

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See also: sampsa and Sämpsä

Finnish

Etymology

Cognate with Ingrian Sämpsä. Probably originally from the Vulgate Latin Samson.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sampsa

  1. (Finnic mythology) A god of fields and growth.
    • 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 2:13-16:
      Pellervoinen, pellon poika, / Sampsa poika pikkarainen, / Sep’ on maita kylvämähän, / Toukoja tihittämähän!
      Pellervoinen, gnome of plowland, / Little Sampsa Pellervoinen, / He's the boy to do the planting, / Sow the seeds and sow them thickly.
  2. a male given name

Declension

Inflection of Sampsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Sampsa Sampsat
genitive Sampsan Sampsojen
partitive Sampsaa Sampsoja
illative Sampsaan Sampsoihin
singular plural
nominative Sampsa Sampsat
accusative nom. Sampsa Sampsat
gen. Sampsan
genitive Sampsan Sampsojen
Sampsain rare
partitive Sampsaa Sampsoja
inessive Sampsassa Sampsoissa
elative Sampsasta Sampsoista
illative Sampsaan Sampsoihin
adessive Sampsalla Sampsoilla
ablative Sampsalta Sampsoilta
allative Sampsalle Sampsoille
essive Sampsana Sampsoina
translative Sampsaksi Sampsoiksi
abessive Sampsatta Sampsoitta
instructive Sampsoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Sampsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Sampsani Sampsani
accusative nom. Sampsani Sampsani
gen. Sampsani
genitive Sampsani Sampsojeni
Sampsaini rare
partitive Sampsaani Sampsojani
inessive Sampsassani Sampsoissani
elative Sampsastani Sampsoistani
illative Sampsaani Sampsoihini
adessive Sampsallani Sampsoillani
ablative Sampsaltani Sampsoiltani
allative Sampsalleni Sampsoilleni
essive Sampsanani Sampsoinani
translative Sampsakseni Sampsoikseni
abessive Sampsattani Sampsoittani
instructive
comitative Sampsoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Sampsasi Sampsasi
accusative nom. Sampsasi Sampsasi
gen. Sampsasi
genitive Sampsasi Sampsojesi
Sampsaisi rare
partitive Sampsaasi Sampsojasi
inessive Sampsassasi Sampsoissasi
elative Sampsastasi Sampsoistasi
illative Sampsaasi Sampsoihisi
adessive Sampsallasi Sampsoillasi
ablative Sampsaltasi Sampsoiltasi
allative Sampsallesi Sampsoillesi
essive Sampsanasi Sampsoinasi
translative Sampsaksesi Sampsoiksesi
abessive Sampsattasi Sampsoittasi
instructive
comitative Sampsoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Sampsamme Sampsamme
accusative nom. Sampsamme Sampsamme
gen. Sampsamme
genitive Sampsamme Sampsojemme
Sampsaimme rare
partitive Sampsaamme Sampsojamme
inessive Sampsassamme Sampsoissamme
elative Sampsastamme Sampsoistamme
illative Sampsaamme Sampsoihimme
adessive Sampsallamme Sampsoillamme
ablative Sampsaltamme Sampsoiltamme
allative Sampsallemme Sampsoillemme
essive Sampsanamme Sampsoinamme
translative Sampsaksemme Sampsoiksemme
abessive Sampsattamme Sampsoittamme
instructive
comitative Sampsoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Sampsanne Sampsanne
accusative nom. Sampsanne Sampsanne
gen. Sampsanne
genitive Sampsanne Sampsojenne
Sampsainne rare
partitive Sampsaanne Sampsojanne
inessive Sampsassanne Sampsoissanne
elative Sampsastanne Sampsoistanne
illative Sampsaanne Sampsoihinne
adessive Sampsallanne Sampsoillanne
ablative Sampsaltanne Sampsoiltanne
allative Sampsallenne Sampsoillenne
essive Sampsananne Sampsoinanne
translative Sampsaksenne Sampsoiksenne
abessive Sampsattanne Sampsoittanne
instructive
comitative Sampsoinenne

Statistics

  • Sampsa is the 343rd (tied with 1 other name) most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 998 male individuals (and as a middle name to 151 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.