Galician edit

Etymology edit

Probably from Old French herper, of onomatopoeic or Germanic origin;[1] in that case, from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną (scrape) and doublet of rapar and rafar.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

farpar (first-person singular present farpo, first-person singular preterite farpei, past participle farpado)

  1. (archaic) to scrape (hair off a hide)
    • 1459, A. López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios, D40a:
      tres espadas et hunas cardas, tres tesoyras de tallar, hun qestello, dous abotoadores, quatro ferros de farpar
      three swords and some cards, three scissor for cutting, a little basket, two buttonhooks, four irons of scraping off

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References edit

  • farpar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “harapo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos