sopuli

Finnish

Etymology

From Russian со́боль (sóbolʹ, sable),[1] from Old East Slavic соболь (sobolĭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsopuli/, [ˈs̠o̞puli]
  • Rhymes: -opuli
  • Syllabification(key): so‧pu‧li

Noun

sopuli

  1. lemming (several rodents in the family Cricetidae, especially those of the tribe Lemmini)
  2. lemming, true lemming (any rodent of the genus Lemmus)
  3. Norway lemming, Lemmus lemmus
    Synonym: tunturisopuli
  4. lemming (a member of a group given to conformity or groupthink; used especially of journalists)

Declension

Inflection of sopuli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative sopuli sopulit
genitive sopulin sopulien
sopuleiden
sopuleitten
partitive sopulia sopuleita
sopuleja
illative sopuliin sopuleihin
singular plural
nominative sopuli sopulit
accusative nom. sopuli sopulit
gen. sopulin
genitive sopulin sopulien
sopuleiden
sopuleitten
partitive sopulia sopuleita
sopuleja
inessive sopulissa sopuleissa
elative sopulista sopuleista
illative sopuliin sopuleihin
adessive sopulilla sopuleilla
ablative sopulilta sopuleilta
allative sopulille sopuleille
essive sopulina sopuleina
translative sopuliksi sopuleiksi
abessive sopulitta sopuleitta
instructive sopulein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sopuli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sopulini sopulini
accusative nom. sopulini sopulini
gen. sopulini
genitive sopulini sopulieni
sopuleideni
sopuleitteni
partitive sopuliani sopuleitani
sopulejani
inessive sopulissani sopuleissani
elative sopulistani sopuleistani
illative sopuliini sopuleihini
adessive sopulillani sopuleillani
ablative sopuliltani sopuleiltani
allative sopulilleni sopuleilleni
essive sopulinani sopuleinani
translative sopulikseni sopuleikseni
abessive sopulittani sopuleittani
instructive
comitative sopuleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sopulisi sopulisi
accusative nom. sopulisi sopulisi
gen. sopulisi
genitive sopulisi sopuliesi
sopuleidesi
sopuleittesi
partitive sopuliasi sopuleitasi
sopulejasi
inessive sopulissasi sopuleissasi
elative sopulistasi sopuleistasi
illative sopuliisi sopuleihisi
adessive sopulillasi sopuleillasi
ablative sopuliltasi sopuleiltasi
allative sopulillesi sopuleillesi
essive sopulinasi sopuleinasi
translative sopuliksesi sopuleiksesi
abessive sopulittasi sopuleittasi
instructive
comitative sopuleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sopulimme sopulimme
accusative nom. sopulimme sopulimme
gen. sopulimme
genitive sopulimme sopuliemme
sopuleidemme
sopuleittemme
partitive sopuliamme sopuleitamme
sopulejamme
inessive sopulissamme sopuleissamme
elative sopulistamme sopuleistamme
illative sopuliimme sopuleihimme
adessive sopulillamme sopuleillamme
ablative sopuliltamme sopuleiltamme
allative sopulillemme sopuleillemme
essive sopulinamme sopuleinamme
translative sopuliksemme sopuleiksemme
abessive sopulittamme sopuleittamme
instructive
comitative sopuleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sopulinne sopulinne
accusative nom. sopulinne sopulinne
gen. sopulinne
genitive sopulinne sopulienne
sopuleidenne
sopuleittenne
partitive sopulianne sopuleitanne
sopulejanne
inessive sopulissanne sopuleissanne
elative sopulistanne sopuleistanne
illative sopuliinne sopuleihinne
adessive sopulillanne sopuleillanne
ablative sopuliltanne sopuleiltanne
allative sopulillenne sopuleillenne
essive sopulinanne sopuleinanne
translative sopuliksenne sopuleiksenne
abessive sopulittanne sopuleittanne
instructive
comitative sopuleinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative sopulinsa sopulinsa
accusative nom. sopulinsa sopulinsa
gen. sopulinsa
genitive sopulinsa sopuliensa
sopuleidensa
sopuleittensa
partitive sopuliaan
sopuliansa
sopuleitaan
sopulejaan
sopuleitansa
sopulejansa
inessive sopulissaan
sopulissansa
sopuleissaan
sopuleissansa
elative sopulistaan
sopulistansa
sopuleistaan
sopuleistansa
illative sopuliinsa sopuleihinsa
adessive sopulillaan
sopulillansa
sopuleillaan
sopuleillansa
ablative sopuliltaan
sopuliltansa
sopuleiltaan
sopuleiltansa
allative sopulilleen
sopulillensa
sopuleilleen
sopuleillensa
essive sopulinaan
sopulinansa
sopuleinaan
sopuleinansa
translative sopulikseen
sopuliksensa
sopuleikseen
sopuleiksensa
abessive sopulittaan
sopulittansa
sopuleittaan
sopuleittansa
instructive
comitative sopuleineen
sopuleinensa

Derived terms

compounds

References

  1. Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

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