sappi

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

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

sappi

1. bile, gall (bodily fluid)
2. Ellipsis of sappirakko (“gallbladder”).
3. centaury (any plant of the genus Centaurium)
4. (in the plural) the genus Centaurium
5. (idiomatic, dated outside expressions) bile, spleen, spitefulness (bad mood, bitterness of temper)

   Hän saa sappeni kiehumaan.

   He makes my blood boil.

   (literally, “He makes my bile boil.”)

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

• “sappi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

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

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

sappi

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

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.

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “саппи”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи, Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ, page 679
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 506

sappi

1. second-person singular imperative of sapere

sappi

1. gall (bile)

sappi n

1. ghee

• sappi in SuttaCentral

From Proto-Finnic *sappi.

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

sappi

1. bile, gall

Declension of sappi (type VII/nimi, pp-p gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	sappi	sapõd
genitive	sapõ	sappijõ, sappii
partitive	sappia	sappiitõ, sappii
illative	sappõsõ, sappõ	sappiisõ
inessive	sapõz	sappiiz
elative	sapõssõ	sappiissõ
allative	sapõlõ	sappiilõ
adessive	sapõllõ	sappiillõ
ablative	sapõltõ	sappiiltõ
translative	sapõssi	sappiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “sappi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn