soopa
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swedish såpa. Doublet of saippua and suopa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
soopa
- (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) | ||||
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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 soopainrare | ||
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 [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][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