offa

English

Preposition

offa

1. (colloquial) Off of.

Related terms

• cuppa
• lotta

Anagrams

• FOAF, foaf

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *yffl (“morsel”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈof.fa/, [ˈɔfːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈof.fa/, [ˈɔfːä]

Noun

offa f (genitive offae); first declension

1. a morsel; a piece; a chunk
2. a dumpling

Declension

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

• offula

References

• “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.