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soppa

soppa

Finnish

Noun

soppa

  1. (dialectal) soup
  2. (informal) 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.

Declension

Inflection of soppa (Kotus type 10/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

Synonyms

Compounds

  • soppakanuuna

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish -suppa, from Old Norse soppa, from Middle Low German soppe, suppe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔpˌa/

Noun

soppa c

  1. soup; a dish
  2. (uncountable) mess; an unordered, chaotic and problematic situation
  3. (slang, uncountable) petrol (gasoline)

Declension

Inflection of soppa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative soppa soppan soppor sopporna
Genitive soppas soppans soppors soppornas

See also