harpa

== 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) harp ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== munnharpa == French == === Pronunciation === Homophones: harpas, harpât === Verb === harpa third-person singular past historic of harper == 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) harp the seventh month of the year according to the old Icelandic calendar ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== slagharpa === See also === == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Frankish *harpā. First attested in Fortunatus, 7th c. (plaudat tibi barbarus harpa). === Noun === harpa f (genitive harpae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin) harp ==== Derived terms ==== harpator [c. 785 CE, Lex Frisionum] harpō [c. 785 CE, Lex Frisionum] ==== Descendants ==== Gallo-Romance: Old French: harpe, arpeMiddle French: harpeFrench: harpe→ Romanian: harpă→ Turkish: arpNorman: harpe (Jersiais)Picard: hârpe (Athois)Walloon: ârpe (Forrières) Old Occitan: arpa Catalan: arpa Occitan: urpa (Aranese), arpa Ibero-Romance: Asturian: arpa Old Galician-Portuguese: arpa Portuguese: harpa Galician: arpa Spanish: arpa Italo-Romance Italian: arpa → Sardinian: arpa == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === harpen === Noun === harpa m or f definite feminine singular of harpe == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === harpa f definite singular of harpe == Old Dutch == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *harpā, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ. It is only attested in the derived meaning rack. === Noun === harpa f harp rack (torturing device) ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: harpe, herpe Dutch: harp Afrikaans: harp ==== References ==== “harpa I”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ. === Noun === harpa f harp ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: harpa == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arpa, from Late Latin harpa, from Frankish *harpā, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʁpɐ, (Portugal) -aɾpɐ Hyphenation: har‧pa === Noun === harpa f (plural harpas) harp (musical instrument) ==== Derived terms ==== claviarpa (“claviharp”) === Further reading === “harpa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “harpa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “harpa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈharpa] === Noun === harpa f definite nominative/accusative singular of harpă == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaɾpa/ [ˈaɾ.pa] Rhymes: -aɾpa Syllabification: har‧pa === Noun === harpa f (plural harpas) rare spelling of arpa === Further reading === “harpa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == 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. === Pronunciation === === Noun === harpa c (music) a harp a grain sieve ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Finnish: harppu === References === harpa in Svensk ordbok (SO) harpa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) harpa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)