sopia
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sopidak (compare Karelian sopie, Ludian sopie, Estonian sobima and Votic sopia). Equivalent to sopa (“a suit or piece of clothing”) + -ia.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsopiɑˣ/, [ˈs̠o̞piɑ(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -opiɑ
- Syllabification(key): so‧pi‧a
Verb
sopia
- to fit (to be of the correct size and shape)
- Nämä housut sopivat minulle täydellisesti.
- These pants fit me perfectly.
- to fit (to be capable of being put into or passing through something; to be not too big)
- Kaikki tavarat sopivat matkalaukkuun.
- All the things fit into the suitcase.
- Hyttynen ei sovi kulkemaan verkon reiästä.
- A mosquito can't fit through a hole in the mesh.
- to suit, to be suitable
- Tämä viini sopii aperitiiviksi.
- This wine is suitable as an apéritif.
- (+ illative) to comport with, match (to be in agreement with; to be of an accord)
- Uudet säännöt eivät näyttäneet sopivan kerhon henkeen.
- The new rules did not seem to comport with the spirit of the club.
- to agree, make an agreement, to settle (a dispute or lawsuit) ((agree) on = elative)
- USA ja Kirgisia sopivat tukikohdasta.
- USA and Kyrgyzstan made an agreement on the military base.
- Naapurukset sopivat kiistansa.
- The neighbors settled their dispute.
- (+ allative) to be acceptable, okay or alright (for someone); to be okay with; to suit
- Sopiiko sinulle, että syön ne?
- Is it okay for you if I eat them? / Are you okay with me eating them?
Conjugation
| Inflection of sopia (Kotus type 61*E/sallia, p-v gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sovin | en sovi | 1st sing. | olen sopinut | en ole sopinut | |
| 2nd sing. | sovit | et sovi | 2nd sing. | olet sopinut | et ole sopinut | |
| 3rd sing. | sopii | ei sovi | 3rd sing. | on sopinut | ei ole sopinut | |
| 1st plur. | sovimme | emme sovi | 1st plur. | olemme sopineet | emme ole sopineet | |
| 2nd plur. | sovitte | ette sovi | 2nd plur. | olette sopineet | ette ole sopineet | |
| 3rd plur. | sopivat | eivät sovi | 3rd plur. | ovat sopineet | eivät ole sopineet | |
| passive | sovitaan | ei sovita | passive | on sovittu | ei ole sovittu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sovin | en sopinut | 1st sing. | olin sopinut | en ollut sopinut | |
| 2nd sing. | sovit | et sopinut | 2nd sing. | olit sopinut | et ollut sopinut | |
| 3rd sing. | sopi | ei sopinut | 3rd sing. | oli sopinut | ei ollut sopinut | |
| 1st plur. | sovimme | emme sopineet | 1st plur. | olimme sopineet | emme olleet sopineet | |
| 2nd plur. | sovitte | ette sopineet | 2nd plur. | olitte sopineet | ette olleet sopineet | |
| 3rd plur. | sopivat | eivät sopineet | 3rd plur. | olivat sopineet | eivät olleet sopineet | |
| passive | sovittiin | ei sovittu | passive | oli sovittu | ei ollut sovittu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sopisin | en sopisi | 1st sing. | olisin sopinut | en olisi sopinut | |
| 2nd sing. | sopisit | et sopisi | 2nd sing. | olisit sopinut | et olisi sopinut | |
| 3rd sing. | sopisi | ei sopisi | 3rd sing. | olisi sopinut | ei olisi sopinut | |
| 1st plur. | sopisimme | emme sopisi | 1st plur. | olisimme sopineet | emme olisi sopineet | |
| 2nd plur. | sopisitte | ette sopisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte sopineet | ette olisi sopineet | |
| 3rd plur. | sopisivat | eivät sopisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat sopineet | eivät olisi sopineet | |
| passive | sovittaisiin | ei sovittaisi | passive | olisi sovittu | ei olisi sovittu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | sovi | älä sovi | 2nd sing. | ole sopinut | älä ole sopinut | |
| 3rd sing. | sopikoon | älköön sopiko | 3rd sing. | olkoon sopinut | älköön olko sopinut | |
| 1st plur. | sopikaamme | älkäämme sopiko | 1st plur. | olkaamme sopineet | älkäämme olko sopineet | |
| 2nd plur. | sopikaa | älkää sopiko | 2nd plur. | olkaa sopineet | älkää olko sopineet | |
| 3rd plur. | sopikoot | älkööt sopiko | 3rd plur. | olkoot sopineet | älkööt olko sopineet | |
| passive | sovittakoon | älköön sovittako | passive | olkoon sovittu | älköön olko sovittu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sopinen | en sopine | 1st sing. | lienen sopinut | en liene sopinut | |
| 2nd sing. | sopinet | et sopine | 2nd sing. | lienet sopinut | et liene sopinut | |
| 3rd sing. | sopinee | ei sopine | 3rd sing. | lienee sopinut | ei liene sopinut | |
| 1st plur. | sopinemme | emme sopine | 1st plur. | lienemme sopineet | emme liene sopineet | |
| 2nd plur. | sopinette | ette sopine | 2nd plur. | lienette sopineet | ette liene sopineet | |
| 3rd plur. | sopinevat | eivät sopine | 3rd plur. | lienevät sopineet | eivät liene sopineet | |
| passive | sovittaneen | ei sovittane | passive | lienee sovittu | ei liene sovittu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | sopia | present | sopiva | sovittava | ||
| long 1st2 | sopiakseen | past | sopinut | sovittu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | sopiessa | sovittaessa | agent1, 3 | sopima | |
| instructive | sopien | — | negative | sopimaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | sopimassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. | ||
| elative | sopimasta | — | ||||
| illative | sopimaan | — | ||||
| adessive | sopimalla | — | ||||
| abessive | sopimatta | — | ||||
| instructive | sopiman | sovittaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | sopiminen | ||||
| partitive | sopimista | |||||
| 5th2 | sopimaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- adjective: sopiva, sovelias
- nouns: sopimus, sovinto
- verbs: causative sovittaa, reflexive sopeutua; sopia yhteen
Related terms
- sopu
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Anagrams
- oispa