ofina

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Czech

ofina

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: o‧fi‧na

Noun

ofina f (diminutive ofinka)

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

Declension

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

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

Further reading

  • “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

Adjective

ofina

  1. inflection of ofin:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural
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