soppa

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish soppa.

Noun

soppa

  1. (dialectal or colloquial) soup
  2. (idiomatic) mess (messy situation)
    Oman soppansa joutuu lusikoimaan ennemmin tai myöhemmin joka tapauksessa.
    You'll end up eating your own soup (i.e. the messy situation you've created) sooner or later in any case.
    Johan sopan keitit.
    What a mess you brought about. / What a can of worms you opened. (lit. What a soup you prepared.)

Declension
Inflection of soppa (Kotus type 10/koira, pp-p gradation)
nominative soppa sopat
genitive sopan soppien
partitive soppaa soppia
illative soppaan soppiin
singular plural
nominative soppa sopat
accusative nom. soppa sopat
gen. sopan
genitive sopan soppien
soppainrare
partitive soppaa soppia
inessive sopassa sopissa
elative sopasta sopista
illative soppaan soppiin
adessive sopalla sopilla
ablative sopalta sopilta
allative sopalle sopille
essive soppana soppina
translative sopaksi sopiksi
instructive — sopin
abessive sopatta sopitta
comitative — soppineen

Synonyms

Compounds
  • soppakanuuna

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀲𑁄𑀧𑁆𑀧 (Brahmi script)
  • सोप्प (Devanagari script)
  • সোপ্প (Bengali script)
  • සොප‍්ප (Sinhalese script)
  • သောပ္ပ (Burmese script)
  • โสปฺป (Thai script)
  • ᩈᩮᩣᨷ᩠ᨷ (Tai Tham script)
  • សោប្ប (Khmer script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit स्वप्न (svapna), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos.

Noun

soppa n

  1. sleep

Declension
Declension table of "soppa" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)soppaṃsoppāni
Accusative (second)soppaṃsoppāni
Instrumental (third)soppenasoppehi or soppebhi
Dative (fourth)soppassa or soppāya or soppatthaṃsoppānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)soppasmā or soppamhā or soppāsoppehi or soppebhi
Genitive (sixth)soppassasoppānaṃ
Locative (seventh)soppasmiṃ or soppamhi or soppesoppesu
Vocative (calling)soppasoppāni

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish -suppa, from Old Norse soppa, from Middle Low German soppe, suppe.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔpˌa/
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Noun

soppa c

  1. soup; a dish
  2. (uncountable) mess; an unordered, chaotic and problematic situation
  3. (slang, uncountable) petrol (gasoline)

Declension
Declension of soppa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative soppa soppan soppor sopporna
Genitive soppas soppans soppors soppornas

See also
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