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Sampsa
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sampsa Sämpsä
Finnish
Etymology
A vernacular form of fi grc Σαμψών, from fi hbo שִׁמְשׁוֹן sunny śimśōn. Cognate with izh Sämpsä.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Finnish mythology A divinity (fi haltia) of fields and growth.
1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 2:13-16:
fi 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.
fi male
Declension
Samps a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 997 149 352
References
fi Finnic mythology