sopuli
Finnish
(index so)
Etymology
From Russian собо́ль (sobólʹ, “sable”)[1], from Old East Slavic соболь (sobolĭ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsopuli]
- Hyphenation: so‧pu‧li
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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | sopulein | |
| abessive | sopulitta | sopuleitta | |
| comitative | — | sopuleineen | |
Synonyms
- (Norway lemming): tunturisopuli
Compounds
- kelta-arosopuli (yellow steppe lemming, genus Erolagurus)
- kaulussopuli (collared lemming, genus Dicrostonyx)
- arosopuli (steppe lemming, genus Lagurus)
- maamyyräsopuli (dated: mole vole, genus Ellobius)
- maruna-arosopuli (dated: sagebrush vole, genus Lemmiscus)
- metsäsopuli (wood lemming, species Myopus schisticolor)
- suosopuli (bog lemming, genus Synaptomus)
- tunturisopuli (Norway lemming, species Lemmus lemmus)
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.
Anagrams
- puolsi