ofn
See also: OFN
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz (compare Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ovn, Norwegian Nynorsk omn, Swedish ugn, Dutch oven, Low German Aven, West Frisian ûne, German Ofen, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns)), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *aukw- (“cooking pot”), *Hukʷ-, *ukwnos (compare Sanskrit उखा (ukhā), Albanian anë, Latin aulla, olla, Ancient Greek ἰπνός (ipnós)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ofn m (genitive singular ofns, nominative plural ofnar)
Declension edit
declension of ofn
Derived terms edit
- bakarofn (“baking oven”)
- blástursofn (“convection oven”)
- brennsluofn (“kiln”)
- bræðsluofn (“furnace”)
- ofnhanski (“oven glove, oven mitt”)
- ofnsteiktur (“oven-cooked, oven-roasted”)
- rafmagnsofn (“electric oven, electric heater”)
- örbylgjuofn (“microwave oven”)
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ofn m
Declension edit
Declension of ofn (strong a-stem)
Descendants edit
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh ofuyn, from Proto-Celtic *oβnus (“fear”) (compare Breton aon, Cornish own, Old Irish ómun).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɔvn/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɔvn/, [ˈɔvn̩]
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈoːvɔn/, /ˈɔvɔn/, /ˈoːvan/, /ˈɔvan/
- Rhymes: -ɔvn
Noun edit
ofn m (plural ofnau)
- fear
- Mae gan bawb ofn naturiol o dân.
- Everyone has a natural fear of fire.
- Mae ofn copyn arno fo.
- He is scared of spiders.
Usage notes edit
Can be used to express fear in a periphrastic construction with bod (“to be”) and the preposition ar (“on”).
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
ofn | unchanged | unchanged | hofn |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |