soppa

soppa

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish soppa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsopːɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞pːɑ]
• Rhymes: -opːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sop‧pa

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*B/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

Possessive forms of soppa (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	soppani	soppamme
2nd person	soppasi	soppanne
3rd person	soppansa

Synonyms

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

Compounds

• soppakanuuna

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Maltese

Root
s-p-p
5 terms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian suppa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔp.pa/

Noun

soppa f (plural sopop)

1. soup

Related terms

• sappap
• ssappap
• suppapa
• suppiera

 

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

soppa f (definite singular soppa, indefinite plural sopper or soppor, definite plural soppene or soppone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of soppe
2. definite singular of soppe

Verb

soppa (present tense soppar, past tense soppa, past participle soppa, passive infinitive soppast, present participle soppande, imperative soppa/sopp)

1. Alternative form of soppe

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

soppa f (genitive soppu)

1. soup

Declension

  Declension of soppa (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	soppa	soppan	soppur	soppurnar
accusative	soppu	soppuna	soppur	soppurnar
dative	soppu	soppunni	soppum	soppunum
genitive	soppu	soppunnar	soppna	soppnanna

Descendants

• Swedish: soppa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

soppa

1. accusative plural indefinite of soppr m
2. genitive plural indefinite of soppr m

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑁄𑀧𑁆𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• सोप्प (Devanagari script)
• সোপ্প (Bengali script)
• සොප‍්ප (Sinhalese script)
• သောပ္ပ or သေႃပ္ပ or သေႃပ်ပ (Burmese script)
• โสปฺป or โสปปะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩮᩣᨷ᩠ᨷ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂສປ຺ປ or ໂສປປະ (Lao script)
• សោប្ប (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄮𑄛𑄴𑄛 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited 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/

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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

Descendants

• → Finnish: soppa

See also

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