sappi

See also: säppi

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sappi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *säppä. Cognates include Estonian sapp and Hungarian epe.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈsɑpːi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpːi
  • Hyphenation: 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/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

Synonyms
  • (gallbladder): sappirakko
  • (bitterness of temper): sapekkuus

Derived terms

Compounds

Ingrian

Noun

sappi

  1. gall (bile)

Italian

Verb

sappi

  1. second-person singular imperative of sapere

Karelian

Noun

sappi

  1. gall (bile)
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