arfa

See also: arfą

Azerbaijani

Noun

arfa

1. harp

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

Latvian

Etymology

From German Harfe.

Noun

arfa f (4th declension)

1. harp

Declension

Declension of arfa (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	arfa	arfas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	arfu	arfas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	arfas	arfu
dative (datīvs)	arfai	arfām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	arfu	arfām
locative (lokatīvs)	arfā	arfās
vocative (vokatīvs)	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 arfa

	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, 1941–2023
• “arfa”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2023

Manchu

Romanization

arfa

1. Romanization of ᠠᡵᡶᠠ

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

arfa f (genitive ǫrfu, plural ǫrfur)

1. heiress

Usage notes

This noun is rarely used; arfi m (“heir, heiress”), 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

Related terms

• arfi
• arfr

References

• “arfa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

arfa (1.1)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Harfe, from Middle High German harpfe, from Old High German harfa, from Proto-West Germanic *harpā, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ. Doublet of harfa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.fa/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -arfa
• Syllabification: ar‧fa

Noun

arfa f

1. sifter

   Synonym: przesiewacz

2. (dated) harp

   Synonym: 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
• przearfować

 

Further reading

• arfa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• arfa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *arpa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑrfɑ]

Noun

arfa

1. barley

References

• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985), “arfa”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, OCLC 17467570, 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], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 17