harpa
Faroese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ. Compare Icelandic harpa, Norwegian and Danish harpe, Swedish harpa, German Harfe, Dutch and English harp.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
harpa f (genitive singular harpu, plural harpur)
Declension edit
Declension of harpa | ||||
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f1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | harpa | harpan | harpur | harpurnar |
accusative | harpu | harpuna | harpur | harpurnar |
dative | harpu | harpuni | harpum | harpunum |
genitive | harpu | harpunnar | harpa | harpanna |
Derived terms edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
harpa
- third-person singular past historic of harper
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ. Compare Faroese hørpa, harpa, Norwegian and Danish harpe, Swedish harpa, German Harfe, Dutch and English harp.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
harpa f (genitive singular hörpu, nominative plural hörpur)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Frankish *harpā. First attested in Fortunatus, 7th c. (plaudat tibi barbarus harpa).
Noun edit
harpa f (genitive harpae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)
Derived terms edit
- harpator [c. 785 CE, Lex Frisionum]
- harpō [c. 785 CE, Lex Frisionum]
Descendants edit
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Italo-Romance
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
harpa m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
harpa f
Old Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.
Noun edit
harpa f
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | harpa | harpan | harpu(r), -o(r) | harpuna(r), -ona(r) |
accusative | harpu, -o | harpuna, -ona | harpu(r), -o(r) | harpuna(r), -ona(r) |
dative | harpu, -o | harpunni, -onne | harpum, -om | harpumin, -omen |
genitive | harpu, -o | harpunna(r), -onna(r) | harpa | harpanna |
Descendants edit
- Swedish: harpa
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arpa, from Late Latin harpa, from Frankish *harpā, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: har‧pa
Noun edit
harpa f (plural harpas)
- harp (musical instrument)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “harpa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
harpa f
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
harpa f (plural harpas)
- Rare spelling of arpa.
Further reading edit
- “harpa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish harpa, from Old Norse harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ. Compare Norwegian and Danish harpe, Icelandic harpa, Faroese hørpa, harpa, German Harfe, Dutch and English harp.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
harpa c
Declension edit
Declension of harpa | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | harpa | harpan | harpor | harporna |
Genitive | harpas | harpans | harpors | harpornas |
Descendants edit
- → Finnish: harppu
Further reading edit
- “harpa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy][1] (in Swedish), 1937
- harpa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (14th ed., online)
- harpa in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker