sappi

See also: säppi

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sappi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *säppä. Cognates include Estonian sapp, Erzya сэпе (sepe) and Hungarian epe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑpːi/, [ˈs̠ɑpːi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpːi
  • Syllabification(key): sap‧pi

Noun

sappi

  1. bile, gall (bodily fluid)
  2. gallbladder (short of sappirakko)
  3. centaury (any plant of the genus Centaurium)
  4. (in the plural) the genus Centaurium
  5. (dated, idiomatic) bile, spleen, spitefulness (bad mood, bitterness of temper).
    Hän saa sappeni kiehumaan. = He makes my bile boil (lit.).

Declension

Inflection of sappi (Kotus type 7*B/ovi, pp-p gradation)
nominative sappi sapet
genitive sapen sappien
partitive sappea sappia
illative sappeen sappiin
singular plural
nominative sappi sapet
accusative nom. sappi sapet
gen. sapen
genitive sapen sappien
partitive sappea sappia
inessive sapessa sapissa
elative sapesta sapista
illative sappeen sappiin
adessive sapella sapilla
ablative sapelta sapilta
allative sapelle sapille
essive sappena sappina
translative sapeksi sapiksi
instructive sapin
abessive sapetta sapitta
comitative sappineen
Possessive forms of sappi (type ovi)
possessor singular plural
1st person sappeni sappemme
2nd person sappesi sappenne
3rd person sappensa

Synonyms

Derived terms

Compounds


Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sappi. Cognates include Finnish sappi and Estonian sapp.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsɑpːi/, [ˈs̠ɑpː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsɑpːi/, [ˈʃɑpːi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpːi
  • Hyphenation: sap‧pi

Noun

sappi

  1. bile, gall
  2. halo (of the Sun)

Declension

Declension of sappi (type 5/lehti, pp-p gradation)
singular plural
nominative sappi sapet
genitive sapen sappiin, sappiloin
partitive sappia sappija, sappiloja
illative sappee sappii, sappiloihe
inessive sapes sapis, sappilois
elative sapest sapist, sappiloist
allative sapelle sapille, sappiloille
adessive sapel sapil, sappiloil
ablative sapelt sapilt, sappiloilt
translative sapeks sapiks, sappiloiks
essive sappenna, sappeen sappinna, sappiloinna, sappiin, sappiloin
exessive1) sappent sappint, sappiloint
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.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 506

Italian

Verb

sappi

  1. second-person singular imperative of sapere

Karelian

Noun

sappi

  1. gall (bile)

Pali

Noun

sappi n

  1. ghee

References


Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sappi.

Pronunciation

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsɑpːi/, [ˈsɑpːi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpːi
  • Hyphenation: sap‧pi

Noun

sappi

  1. bile, gall

Inflection

Declension of sappi (type VII/nimi, pp-p gradation)
singular plural
nominative sappi sapõd
genitive sapõ sappije, sappijõ, sappi
partitive sappõa sappitõ, sappi
illative sappõ, sappõsõ sappije, sappijõ, sappisõ
inessive sapõz sappiz
elative sapõssõ sappissõ
allative sapõlõ sappilõ
adessive sapõllõ sappillõ
ablative sapõltõ sappiltõ
translative sapõssi sappissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), sappi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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