sopuli

Finnish

Etymology

From Russian со́боль (sóbolʹ, “sable”), from Old East Slavic соболь (sobolĭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsopuli/, [ˈs̠o̞puli]
• Rhymes: -opuli
• Syllabification^(key): so‧pu‧li

Noun

sopuli

1. lemming (several rodents in the family Cricetidae, especially those of the tribe Lemmini)
2. lemming, true lemming (any rodent of the genus Lemmus)
3. Norway lemming, Lemmus lemmus

   Synonym: tunturisopuli

4. 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
abessive		sopulitta	sopuleitta
instructive		—	sopulein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of sopuli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sopulini sopulini accusative nom. sopulini sopulini gen. sopulini genitive sopulini sopulieni sopuleideni sopuleitteni partitive sopuliani sopuleitani sopulejani inessive sopulissani sopuleissani elative sopulistani sopuleistani illative sopuliini sopuleihini adessive sopulillani sopuleillani ablative sopuliltani sopuleiltani allative sopulilleni sopuleilleni essive sopulinani sopuleinani translative sopulikseni sopuleikseni abessive sopulittani sopuleittani instructive — — comitative — sopuleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sopulisi sopulisi accusative nom. sopulisi sopulisi gen. sopulisi genitive sopulisi sopuliesi sopuleidesi sopuleittesi partitive sopuliasi sopuleitasi sopulejasi inessive sopulissasi sopuleissasi elative sopulistasi sopuleistasi illative sopuliisi sopuleihisi adessive sopulillasi sopuleillasi ablative sopuliltasi sopuleiltasi allative sopulillesi sopuleillesi essive sopulinasi sopuleinasi translative sopuliksesi sopuleiksesi abessive sopulittasi sopuleittasi instructive — — comitative — sopuleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sopulimme sopulimme accusative nom. sopulimme sopulimme gen. sopulimme genitive sopulimme sopuliemme sopuleidemme sopuleittemme partitive sopuliamme sopuleitamme sopulejamme inessive sopulissamme sopuleissamme elative sopulistamme sopuleistamme illative sopuliimme sopuleihimme adessive sopulillamme sopuleillamme ablative sopuliltamme sopuleiltamme allative sopulillemme sopuleillemme essive sopulinamme sopuleinamme translative sopuliksemme sopuleiksemme abessive sopulittamme sopuleittamme instructive — — comitative — sopuleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sopulinne sopulinne accusative nom. sopulinne sopulinne gen. sopulinne genitive sopulinne sopulienne sopuleidenne sopuleittenne partitive sopulianne sopuleitanne sopulejanne inessive sopulissanne sopuleissanne elative sopulistanne sopuleistanne illative sopuliinne sopuleihinne adessive sopulillanne sopuleillanne ablative sopuliltanne sopuleiltanne allative sopulillenne sopuleillenne essive sopulinanne sopuleinanne translative sopuliksenne sopuleiksenne abessive sopulittanne sopuleittanne instructive — — comitative — sopuleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative sopulinsa sopulinsa accusative nom. sopulinsa sopulinsa gen. sopulinsa genitive sopulinsa sopuliensa sopuleidensa sopuleittensa partitive sopuliaan sopuliansa sopuleitaan sopulejaan sopuleitansa sopulejansa inessive sopulissaan sopulissansa sopuleissaan sopuleissansa elative sopulistaan sopulistansa sopuleistaan sopuleistansa illative sopuliinsa sopuleihinsa adessive sopulillaan sopulillansa sopuleillaan sopuleillansa ablative sopuliltaan sopuliltansa sopuleiltaan sopuleiltansa allative sopulilleen sopulillensa sopuleilleen sopuleillensa essive sopulinaan sopulinansa sopuleinaan sopuleinansa translative sopulikseen sopuliksensa sopuleikseen sopuleiksensa abessive sopulittaan sopulittansa sopuleittaan sopuleittansa instructive — — comitative — sopuleineen sopuleinensa

Derived terms

• sopulismi
• sopuloida

 

compounds

• amurinsopuli
• arosopuli (“steppe lemming, genus Lagurus”)
• kaulussopuli (“collared lemming, genus Dicrostonyx”)
• kelta-arosopuli (“yellow steppe lemming, genus Erolagurus”)
• labradorinkaulussopuli
• maamyyräsopuli (“mole vole, genus Ellobius”) (dated)
• maruna-arosopuli (“sagebrush vole, genus Lemmiscus”) (dated)
• metsäsopuli (“wood lemming, species Myopus schisticolor”)
• sopulilauma
• sopulinsara
• sopulivuosi
• suosopuli (“bog lemming, genus Synaptomus”)
• tunturisopuli (“Norway lemming, species Lemmus lemmus”)

 

Further reading

• “sopuli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• puolsi