odafenn

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

oda (“there”) +‎ fenn (“up”)

Pronunciation

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

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.
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