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

• (soup): keitto, liemi
• (mess): liemi, hässäkkä

Compounds

• soppakanuuna

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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 \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	soppaṃ	soppāni
Accusative (second)	soppaṃ	soppāni
Instrumental (third)	soppena	soppehi or soppebhi
Dative (fourth)	soppassa or soppāya or soppatthaṃ	soppānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	soppasmā or soppamhā or soppā	soppehi or soppebhi
Genitive (sixth)	soppassa	soppānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	soppasmiṃ or soppamhi or soppe	soppesu
Vocative (calling)	soppa	soppāni

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔpˌa/

• audio

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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

• koka soppa på en spik
• ju fler kockar, desto sämre soppa