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 Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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