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
- lemming (several rodents in the family Cricetidae, especially those of the tribe Lemmini)
- lemming, true lemming (any rodent of the genus Lemmus)
- Norway lemming, Lemmus lemmus
- Synonym: tunturisopuli
- 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) | ||||
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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. |
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Derived terms
compounds
- amurinsopuli
- arosopuli (“steppe lemming, genus Lagurus”)
- kaulussopuli (“collared lemming, genus Dicrostonyx”)
- kelta-arosopuli (“yellow steppe lemming, genus Erolagurus”)
- labradorinkaulussopuli
- maamyyräsopuli (“mole vole, genus Ellobius”) (dated)
- maruna-arosopuli (“sagebrush vole, genus Lemmiscus”) (dated)
- metsäsopuli (“wood lemming, species Myopus schisticolor”)
- sopulilauma
- sopulinsara
- sopulivuosi
- suosopuli (“bog lemming, genus Synaptomus”)
- tunturisopuli (“Norway lemming, species Lemmus lemmus”)
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
- “sopuli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
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