harpa

harpa

See also: Harpa, harpă, and härpå

Faroese

Alternative forms

• hørpa

Etymology

From Old Norse harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ. Compare Icelandic harpa, Norwegian and Danish harpe, Swedish harpa, German Harfe, Dutch and English harp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɹ̥pa/

  Rhymes: -aɹ̥pa

Noun

harpa f (genitive singular harpu, plural harpur)

1. harp

Declension

Declension of harpa
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

• munnharpa

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: harpas, harpât

Verb

harpa

1. third-person singular past historic of harper

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈhar̥pa/

  Rhymes: -ar̥pa

  Homophones: Harpa

Noun

harpa f (genitive singular hörpu, nominative plural hörpur)

1. harp

Declension

declension of harpa

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	harpa	harpan	hörpur	hörpurnar
accusative	hörpu	hörpuna	hörpur	hörpurnar
dative	hörpu	hörpunni	hörpum	hörpunum
genitive	hörpu	hörpunnar	harpa/harpna	harpanna/harpnanna

Derived terms

• slagharpa

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• harpen

Noun

harpa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of harpe

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

harpa f

1. definite singular of harpe

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Noun

harpa f

1. harp

Declension

Declension of harpa (on-stem)

	singular		plural
	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

• Swedish: harpa

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Portuguese

harpa

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese arpa, from Late Latin harpa, from Frankish *harpā, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈah.pɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈah.pɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.pɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈaχ.pɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaɻ.pa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.pɐ/

• Hyphenation: har‧pa

Noun

harpa f (plural harpas)

1. harp (musical instrument)

Derived terms

• claviarpa (“claviharp”)

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈharpa]

Noun

harpa f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of harpă

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾpa/ [ˈaɾ.pa]
• Rhymes: -aɾpa
• Syllabification: har‧pa

Noun

harpa f (plural harpas)

1. Rare spelling of arpa.

Further reading

• “harpa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Etymology

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.

Noun

harpa c

1. (music) harp

Declension

Declension of harpa
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	harpa	harpan	harpor	harporna
Genitive	harpas	harpans	harpors	harpornas