# sopuli
## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsopuli/, [ˈs̠o̞puli]
* Rhymes: -opuli
* 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
    Synonym: tunturisopuli
* lemming (a member of a group given to conformity or groupthink; used especially of journalists)

#### Declension

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
* 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”)

### References

* ↑ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

### Further reading

* “sopuli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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