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ofina

Czech edit

 
ofina

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Perhaps derived from Romance. Compare French affiner or Italian affinare, both meaning "to refine", perhaps with a semantic shift of refined -> refined hairstyle.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈofɪna]
  • Hyphenation: o‧fi‧na

Noun edit

ofina f (diminutive ofinka)

  1. bangs, fringe, forelock (hanging hair over the forehead)

Declension edit

Declension of ofina (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative ofina ofiny
genitive ofiny ofin
dative ofině ofinám
accusative ofinu ofiny
vocative ofino ofiny
locative ofině ofinách
instrumental ofinou ofinami

References edit

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “ofina”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN

Further reading edit

  • ofina in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ofina in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • ofina in Internetová jazyková příručka

Swedish edit

Adjective edit

ofina

  1. inflection of ofin:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural
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