odafenn

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• odafent, odafönn, odafönt

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