offa
English edit
Preposition edit
offa
- (colloquial) Off of.
Related terms edit
Verb edit
offa
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Perhaps from a Celtic language;[1] links have been proposed to Welsh yfflon (“pieces, bits”) and oddf (“knot, bulb”).[2][3]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈof.fa/, [ˈɔfːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈof.fa/, [ˈɔfːä]
Noun edit
offa f (genitive offae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | offa | offae |
| Genitive | offae | offārum |
| Dative | offae | offīs |
| Accusative | offam | offās |
| Ablative | offā | offīs |
| Vocative | offa | offae |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “offa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “offa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- offa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 742
- ^ Walde, Alois (1910) “offa”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 2nd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 537
- ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “offa”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 459