Sampsa
See also: sampsa
Finnish
Etymology
Probably originally from the Vulgate Latin Samson.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sampsa
- (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.
- Pellervoinen, pellon poika, / Sampsa poika pikkarainen, / Sep' on maita kylvämähän, / Toukoja tihittämähän!
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 2:13-16:
- a male given name.
Declension
Inflection of Sampsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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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. |