ofina

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Czech

[edit]
ofina

Etymology

[edit]

Uncertain. Perhaps derived from Romance. Compare French affiner or Italian affinare, both meaning "to refine", perhaps with a semantic shift of refined > refined hairstyle.[1]

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): [ˈofɪna]
  • Hyphenation: o‧fi‧na

Noun

[edit]

ofina f (diminutive ofinka)

  1. bangs, fringe, forelock (hanging hair over the forehead)

Declension

[edit]
Declension of ofina (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative ofina ofiny
genitive ofiny ofin
dative ofině ofinám
accusative ofinu ofiny
vocative ofino ofiny
locative ofině ofinách
instrumental ofinou ofinami

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “ofina”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN

Further reading

[edit]
  • “ofina”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “ofina”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “ofina”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Swedish

[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

ofina

  1. inflection of ofin:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=ofina&oldid=81593996"