"ofta" meaning in Faroese

See ofta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Etymology: From Old Norse oft (“often”), opt (“oft, often”), from Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō (“often”). Etymology templates: {{inh|fo|non|oft|t=often}} Old Norse oft (“often”), {{inh|fo|gem-pro|*ufta}} Proto-Germanic *ufta Head templates: {{head|fo|adverb}} ofta
  1. often, frequently
    Sense id: en-ofta-fo-adv-s3pVnbEG Categories (other): Faroese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 33 31 35 0 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 31 34 0 1
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "oft",
        "t": "often"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse oft (“often”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ufta"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ufta",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse oft (“often”), opt (“oft, often”), from Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō (“often”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "ofta",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 31 35 0 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 31 34 0 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "often, frequently"
      ],
      "id": "en-ofta-fo-adv-s3pVnbEG",
      "links": [
        [
          "often",
          "often"
        ],
        [
          "frequently",
          "frequently"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ofta"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "sv:Time"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "oft",
        "t": "often"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse oft (“often”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ufta"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ufta",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse oft (“often”), opt (“oft, often”), from Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō (“often”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "ofta",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Faroese adverbs",
        "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Faroese lemmas",
        "Faroese terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse",
        "Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "often, frequently"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "often",
          "often"
        ],
        [
          "frequently",
          "frequently"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ofta"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ofta meaning in Faroese (1.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Faroese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-19 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (d1270d2 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.