soopa
Finnish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Swedish såpa. Doublet of saippua and suopa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsoopa
- (colloquial) nonsense, bunk
- puhua soopaa ― to speak nonsense
- (dialectal) soap
Usage notes
edit- (nonsense, bunk): Only the partitive singular is used.
Declension
edit| Inflection of soopa (Kotus type 10*E/koira, p-v gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | soopa | soovat | |
| genitive | soovan | soopien | |
| partitive | soopaa | soopia | |
| illative | soopaan | soopiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | soopa | soovat | |
| accusative | nom. | soopa | soovat |
| gen. | soovan | ||
| genitive | soovan | soopien soopain rare | |
| partitive | soopaa | soopia | |
| inessive | soovassa | soovissa | |
| elative | soovasta | soovista | |
| illative | soopaan | soopiin | |
| adessive | soovalla | soovilla | |
| ablative | soovalta | soovilta | |
| allative | soovalle | sooville | |
| essive | soopana | soopina | |
| translative | soovaksi | sooviksi | |
| abessive | soovatta | soovitta | |
| instructive | — | soovin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
edit- “soopa”, 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
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