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

m-s1	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

• ofen

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ofn/, [ovn]

Noun

ofn m

1. oven, stove
2. furnace

Declension

Declension of ofn (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ofn	ofnas
accusative	ofn	ofnas
genitive	ofnes	ofna
dative	ofne	ofnum

Descendants

• Middle English: oven
  • Scots: ovin, uven, une
  • 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

Welsh mutation
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.