sopuli

Finnish

(index so)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsopuli]
  • Hyphenation: 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
  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
instructive sopulein
abessive sopulitta sopuleitta
comitative sopuleineen

Synonyms

Compounds

References

  1. Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.

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