odafenn

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• odafent, odafönn, odafönt

Etymology

From oda (“there”) +‎ fenn (“up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈodɒfɛnː]
• Rhymes: -ɛnː
• Hyphenation: oda‧fenn
• Syllabification: o‧da‧fenn

Adverb

odafenn (not comparable)

1. up there, upstairs (on a higher floor or level)

   A hegyekben voltunk síelni. Odafenn még hó van. ― We were skiing in the mountains. There is still snow up there.

2. (literary, rare) upstairs (in heaven, especially with regard to where a deity might be found)

Further reading

• odafenn in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.