ofn

See also: OFN

Icelandic

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ɔpn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔpn

Noun

ofn m (genitive singular ofns, nominative plural ofnar)

  1. oven
  2. stove
  3. furnace
  4. radiator

Declension

Declension of ofn (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ofn ofninn ofnar ofnarnir
accusative ofn ofninn ofna ofnana
dative ofni ofninum ofnum ofnunum
genitive ofns ofnsins ofna ofnanna

Derived terms

  • 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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ofn/, [ovn]

Noun

ofn m

  1. oven, stove
  2. furnace

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative ofn ofnas
accusative ofn ofnas
genitive ofnes ofna
dative ofne ofnum

Descendants

  • Middle English: oven

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ofuyn, from Proto-Celtic *oβnus (“fear”) (compare Breton aon, Cornish own, Old Irish ómun).

Pronunciation

  • (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

ofn m (plural ofnau)

  1. 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

Can be used to express fear in a periphrastic construction with bod (“to be”) and the preposition ar (“on”).

Derived terms

  • ofni (“to fear”)
  • ofnus (“fearful, timorous”)
  • rhag ofn (“in case”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ofn
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ofn unchanged unchanged hofn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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