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 (masculine)

	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

Mutated forms of ofn

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ofn	unchanged	unchanged	hofn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.