arfa

See also: arfą

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		арфа
Arabic		آرفا

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian а́рфа (árfa), ultimately from German Harfe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑrfɑ]
• Hyphenation: ar‧fa

Noun

arfa (definite accusative arfanı, plural arfalar)

1. harp

Declension

Declension of arfa

	singular	plural
nominative	arfa	arfalar
definite accusative	arfanı	arfaları
dative	arfaya	arfalara
locative	arfada	arfalarda
ablative	arfadan	arfalardan
definite genitive	arfanın	arfaların

Possessive forms of arfa

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	arfam	arfalarım
sənin (“your”)	arfan	arfaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	arfası	arfaları
bizim (“our”)	arfamız	arfalarımız
sizin (“your”)	arfanız	arfalarınız
onların (“their”)	arfası or arfaları	arfaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	arfamı	arfalarımı
sənin (“your”)	arfanı	arfalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	arfasını	arfalarını
bizim (“our”)	arfamızı	arfalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	arfanızı	arfalarınızı
onların (“their”)	arfasını or arfalarını	arfalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	arfama	arfalarıma
sənin (“your”)	arfana	arfalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	arfasına	arfalarına
bizim (“our”)	arfamıza	arfalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	arfanıza	arfalarınıza
onların (“their”)	arfasına or arfalarına	arfalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	arfamda	arfalarımda
sənin (“your”)	arfanda	arfalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	arfasında	arfalarında
bizim (“our”)	arfamızda	arfalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	arfanızda	arfalarınızda
onların (“their”)	arfasında or arfalarında	arfalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	arfamdan	arfalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	arfandan	arfalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	arfasından	arfalarından
bizim (“our”)	arfamızdan	arfalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	arfanızdan	arfalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	arfasından or arfalarından	arfalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	arfamın	arfalarımın
sənin (“your”)	arfanın	arfalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	arfasının	arfalarının
bizim (“our”)	arfamızın	arfalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	arfanızın	arfalarınızın
onların (“their”)	arfasının or arfalarının	arfalarının

References

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “arfa”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[2] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb

Galician

Verb

arfa

1. inflection of arfar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Icelandic

Noun

arfa

1. indefinite accusative singular of arfi
2. indefinite dative singular of arfi
3. indefinite genitive singular of arfi
4. indefinite accusative plural of arfi
5. indefinite genitive plural of arfi

Kashubian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.fa/
• Rhymes: -arfa
• Syllabification: ar‧fa

Noun

arfa f

1. alternative form of harfa

Declension

Declension of arfa

	singular	plural
nominative	arfa	arfë
genitive	arfë	arf/arfów
dative	arfie	arfóm
accusative	arfã	arfë
instrumental	arfą	arfama
locative	arfie	arfach
vocative	arfa/arfò	arfë

Derived terms

verbs

• arfòwac impf

Further reading

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “arfa”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[3]
• “(h)arfa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latvian

Etymology

From German Harfe.

Noun

arfa f (4th declension)

1. harp

Declension

Declension of arfa (4th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	arfa	arfas
genitive	arfas	arfu
dative	arfai	arfām
accusative	arfu	arfas
instrumental	arfu	arfām
locative	arfā	arfās
vocative	arfa	arfas

Lithuanian

Arfa

Etymology

From German Harfe.

Noun

árfa f (plural árfos) stress pattern 1

1. harp

   pedalinė arfa ― pedal harp

Declension

Declension of árfa

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	árfa	árfos
genitive (kilmininkas)	árfos	árfų
dative (naudininkas)	árfai	árfoms
accusative (galininkas)	árfą	árfas
instrumental (įnagininkas)	árfa	árfomis
locative (vietininkas)	árfoje	árfose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	árfa	árfos

Derived terms

• arfininkas (“harpist”)

See also

• lyra (“lyre”)

Further reading

• “arfa”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• “arfa”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025

Manchu

Romanization

arfa

1. romanization of ᠠᡵᡶᠠ

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *arbijǭ, feminine form of masculine *arbijô, whence arfi. Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌾𐍉 (arbjō, “heiress”), feminine form of Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌾𐌰 (arbja, “heir”). The loss of -j- in words of this class is common but not universal; see goði (“(pagan) priest, chieftain”) with feminine form gyðja (“priestess; goddess”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈarva/

Noun

arfa f (genitive ǫrfu, plural ǫrfur)

1. heiress

Usage notes

This noun is rarely used; arfi m (“heir”), may be used instead.

Declension

Declension of arfa (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arfa	arfan	ǫrfur	ǫrfurnar
accusative	ǫrfu	ǫrfuna	ǫrfur	ǫrfurnar
dative	ǫrfu	ǫrfunni	ǫrfum	ǫrfunum
genitive	ǫrfu	ǫrfunnar	arfna	arfnanna

Coordinate terms

• arfi m (“heir”)

Related terms

• arfr m (“inheritance, patrimony”)
• erfð f (“inheritance, inherting”)
• erfi n (“wake, funeral/inheritance feast”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: arfa

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “arfa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German harpfe, from Old High German harfa, from Proto-West Germanic *harpā. First attested in 1450.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /arfa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /arfa/

Noun

arfa f

1. (music) harp
   • 1450, Piotr z Uścia, Rozariusz kapitulny, Ujście: Archiwum i Biblioteki Krakowskiej Kapituły Katedralnej, sygn. Ms 224, page 93r:

     Figellina est arcus musicalis ludi sc. figella proprie arpha

     [Figellina est arcus musicalis ludi sc. figella proprie arfa]

Descendants

• Polish: harfa, arfa (obsolete)
• Silesian: arfa

References

• Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “(Harfa) Arfa”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Polish

arfa (1.1)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish arfa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.fa/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈar.fa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arfa
• Syllabification: ar‧fa

Noun

arfa f

1. sifter

   Synonym: przesiewacz

2. (music) obsolete form of harfa

Declension

Declension of arfa

	singular	plural
nominative	arfa	arfy
genitive	arfy	arf
dative	arfie	arfom
accusative	arfę	arfy
instrumental	arfą	arfami
locative	arfie	arfach
vocative	arfo	arfy

Derived terms

verbs

• arfować impf, przearfować pf

Further reading

• arfa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “arfa”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Krystyna Siekierska (07.07.2022), “ARFA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “arfa”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “arfa”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “arfa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 56

Portuguese

Verb

arfa

1. inflection of arfar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *arpa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑrfɑ]

Noun

arfa

1. barley

References

• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985), “arfa”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[4], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 4
• Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “arfa”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 17

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish arfa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.fa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arfa
• Syllabification: ar‧fa

Noun

arfa f

1. (music) harp

Further reading

• arfa in silling.org

Turkmen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *arpa, medial p changed to f in Yomut dialect.

Other scripts
Latin	arfa‍
Cyrillic	арфа‍
Arabic	آرفا

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑɾˈfɑ/ (nominative)
• IPA^(key): /ɑɾˈfɑː/ (dative)
• Rhymes: -ɑ, -ɑː
• Hyphenation: ar‧fa

Noun

arfa (definite accusative arfany, plural arfalar)

1. (Yomut) barley

Declension

Declension of arfa

	singular	plural
nominative	arfa	arfalar
accusative	arfany	arfalary
genitive	arfanyň	arfalaryň
dative	arfā	arfalara
locative	arfada	arfalarda
ablative	arfadan	arfalardan

Etymology 2

From Russian а́рфа (árfa), ultimately from German Harfe.

Other scripts
Latin	arfa‍
Cyrillic	арфа‍
Arabic	چنگ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑɾfɑ/ (nominative)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɑɾfɑː/ (dative)
• Rhymes: -ɑɾfɑ, -ɑɾfɑː
• Hyphenation: ar‧fa

Noun

arfa (definite accusative arfany, plural arfalar)

1. harp

   Men arfa çalýaryn. ― I play the harp.

Declension

Declension of arfa

	singular	plural
nominative	arfa	arfalar
accusative	arfany	arfalary
genitive	arfanyň	arfalaryň
dative	arfā	arfalara
locative	arfada	arfalarda
ablative	arfadan	arfalardan

Further reading

• “arfa” in Enedilim.com
• “arfa” in Webonary.org