noppa
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain. Possibly related to nopea. Earliest mention in a dictionary in 1826.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
noppa
- A die (random result generating object, usually a polyhedron, used in games)
- (university slang) credit, academic credit, course credit
Declension[edit]
Inflection of noppa (Kotus type 10*B/koira, pp-p gradation) | ||||
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nominative | noppa | nopat | ||
genitive | nopan | noppien | ||
partitive | noppaa | noppia | ||
illative | noppaan | noppiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | noppa | nopat | ||
accusative | nom. | noppa | nopat | |
gen. | nopan | |||
genitive | nopan | noppien noppainrare | ||
partitive | noppaa | noppia | ||
inessive | nopassa | nopissa | ||
elative | nopasta | nopista | ||
illative | noppaan | noppiin | ||
adessive | nopalla | nopilla | ||
ablative | nopalta | nopilta | ||
allative | nopalle | nopille | ||
essive | noppana | noppina | ||
translative | nopaksi | nopiksi | ||
abessive | nopatta | nopitta | ||
instructive | — | nopin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms[edit]
- (course credit): opintopiste, suorituspiste
Hyponyms[edit]
- (die): arpakuutio
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
References[edit]
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- “noppa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][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
Anagrams[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Old Swedish noppa, from Old Norse *hnoppa, from Proto-Germanic *hnuppô.
Noun[edit]
noppa c
Declension[edit]
Declension of noppa | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | noppa | noppan | noppor | nopporna |
Genitive | noppas | noppans | noppors | noppornas |
Etymology 2[edit]
Disputed. Possibly inherited from Proto-Germanic *hnuppōną (“tear off”). Possibly verbification of the noun. Compare origin of nypa.
Verb[edit]
noppa (present noppar, preterite noppade, supine noppat, imperative noppa)
- to pick (usually pills from the surface of a textile, or eyebrows), (of eyebrows) to pluck
- noppa ögonbrynen
- pluck one's eyebrows
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of noppa (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | noppa | noppas | ||
Supine | noppat | noppats | ||
Imperative | noppa | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | noppen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | noppar | noppade | noppas | noppades |
Ind. plural1 | noppa | noppade | noppas | noppades |
Subjunctive2 | noppe | noppade | noppes | noppades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | noppande | |||
Past participle | noppad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- noppa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- noppa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- noppa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- noppa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Wolof[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
noppa
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