sopuli
Finnish
Etymology
From Russian собо́ль (sobólʹ, “sable”)[1], from Old East Slavic соболь (sobolĭ).
Pronunciation
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
- 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. |
Synonyms
- (Norway lemming): tunturisopuli
Compounds
- kelta-arosopuli (yellow steppe lemming, genus Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- kaulussopuli (collared lemming(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- maruna-arosopuli (dated: sagebrush vole, genus Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- metsäsopuli (wood lemming, species Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- suosopuli (bog lemming, genus Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- tunturisopuli (Norway lemming, species Lemmus lemmus)
References
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN