súpa

See also: supa, supâ, sūpā, supă, süpa, and šupa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse súpa, from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sewb- (“to pour out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʉuːpa/

  Rhymes: -ʉuːpa

Verb

súpa (third person singular past indicative seyp, third person plural past indicative supu, supine sopið)

1. to sip

Conjugation

Conjugation of súpa (group v-40)

infinitive	súpa
supine	sopið
	present	past
first singular	súpi	seyp
second singular	sýpur	seypst
third singular	sýpur	seyp
plural	súpa	supu
participle (a26)1	súpandi	sopin
	imperative
singular	súp!
plural	súpið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Further reading

• "súpa" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːpa/

  Rhymes: -uːpa

Etymology 1

First attested in the 17th century. Probably at least partially a loanword from Middle Low German sope, from Old Saxon *sopo, from Proto-Germanic *supô.

Noun

súpa f (genitive singular súpu, nominative plural súpur)

1. soup

Declension

Declension of súpa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	súpa	súpan	súpur	súpurnar
accusative	súpu	súpuna	súpur	súpurnar
dative	súpu	súpunni	súpum	súpunum
genitive	súpu	súpunnar	súpna, súpa	súpnanna, súpanna

Derived terms

• borga alla súpuna
• kjötsúpa (“clear soup containing meat”)
• súpukjöt (“meat, especially mutton for making soup”)
• súpuskál (“(soup) tureen”)
• súputeningur (“soup cube, bouillon cube”)
• uxahalasúpa (“oxtail soup”)

See also

• soð
• vellingur

Etymology 2

From Old Norse súpa, from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną.

Verb

súpa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative saup, third-person plural past indicative supu, supine sopið)

1. to sip, drink

Conjugation

súpa — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að súpa
supine (sagnbót)		sopið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		súpandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég sýp	við súpum	present (nútíð)	ég súpi	við súpum
	þú sýpur	þið súpið		þú súpir	þið súpið
	hann, hún, það sýpur	þeir, þær, þau súpa		hann, hún, það súpi	þeir, þær, þau súpi
past (þátíð)	ég saup	við supum	past (þátíð)	ég sypi	við sypum
	þú saupst	þið supuð		þú sypir	þið sypuð
	hann, hún, það saup	þeir, þær, þau supu		hann, hún, það sypi	þeir, þær, þau sypu
imperative (boðháttur)	súp (þú)	súpið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	súptu	súpiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sopinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sopinn	sopin	sopið		sopnir	sopnar	sopin
accusative (þolfall)	sopinn	sopna	sopið		sopna	sopnar	sopin
dative (þágufall)	sopnum	sopinni	sopnu		sopnum	sopnum	sopnum
genitive (eignarfall)	sopins	sopinnar	sopins		sopinna	sopinna	sopinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sopni	sopna	sopna		sopnu	sopnu	sopnu
accusative (þolfall)	sopna	sopnu	sopna		sopnu	sopnu	sopnu
dative (þágufall)	sopna	sopnu	sopna		sopnu	sopnu	sopnu
genitive (eignarfall)	sopna	sopnu	sopna		sopnu	sopnu	sopnu

Derived terms

• ekki er sopið kálið fyrr en í ausuna er komið
• súpa á
• súpa hveljur
• súpa seyðið af

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Anagrams

• spúa

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sūpaną.

Verb

súpa (singular past indicative saup, plural past indicative supu, past participle sopinn)

1. to sip, drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of súpa — active (strong class 2)

infinitive	súpa
present participle	súpandi
past participle	sopinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	sýp	saup
2nd-person singular	sýpr	saupt
3rd-person singular	sýpr	saup
1st-person plural	súpum	supum
2nd-person plural	súpið	supuð
3rd-person plural	súpa	supu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	súpa	sypa
2nd-person singular	súpir	sypir
3rd-person singular	súpi	sypi
1st-person plural	súpim	sypim
2nd-person plural	súpið	sypið
3rd-person plural	súpi	sypi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	súp
1st-person plural	súpum
2nd-person plural	súpið

Conjugation of súpa — mediopassive (strong class 2)

infinitive	súpask
present participle	súpandisk
past participle	sopizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	súpumk	supumk
2nd-person singular	sýpsk	saupzk
3rd-person singular	sýpsk	saupsk
1st-person plural	súpumsk	supumsk
2nd-person plural	súpizk	supuzk
3rd-person plural	súpask	supusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	súpumk	sypumk
2nd-person singular	súpisk	sypisk
3rd-person singular	súpisk	sypisk
1st-person plural	súpimsk	sypimsk
2nd-person plural	súpizk	sypizk
3rd-person plural	súpisk	sypisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	súpsk
1st-person plural	súpumsk
2nd-person plural	súpizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: súpa
• Faroese: súpa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: supa, supe
• Old Swedish: sūpa
  • Swedish: supa
• Danish: supe, suppe, søbe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: supe
• Scanian: suva, syppa, suppa, syba
• Elfdalian: saupa
• Gutnish: säupa

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “súpa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive