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

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

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: harpas, harpât

Verb

harpa

1. 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)

1. harp
2. the seventh month of the year according to the old Icelandic calendar

Declension

Declension of harpa (feminine)

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

Derived terms

• slagharpa

See also

Icelandic calendar months in Icelandic · Mánuðir í norrænu tímatalinu (layout · text)
Skammdegi · skammdegi, vetur
Gormánuður	Ýlir	Mörsugur	Þorri	Góa	Einmánuður
gormánuður	ýlir, frermánuður	mörsugur, hrútmánuður	þorri	góa	einmánuður
Náttleysi · náttleysi, sumar
Harpa	Skerpla	Sólmánuður	Heyannir	Tvímánuður	Haustmánuður
harpa, gaukmánuður	skerpla, sáðtíð, eggtíð, stekktíð	sólmánuður, selmánuður	heyannir	tvímánuður, kornskurðarmánuður	haustmánuður
Aukanætur · aukanætur
Sumarauka · sumarauka

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)

1. harp

Derived terms

• harpator [c. 785 CE, Lex Frisionum]
• harpō [c. 785 CE, Lex Frisionum]

Descendants

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: harpe
    • Middle French: harpe
      • French: harpe
        • → Romanian: harpă
        • → Turkish: arp
    • Norman: 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

1. definite feminine singular of harpe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

harpa f

1. 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

1. harp
2. rack (torturing device)

Inflection

Declension of harpa (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	harpa	harpa, harpon
accusative	harpa, harpon	harpa, harpon
genitive	harpon	harpono
dative	harpon	harpon

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

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

Portuguese

harpa

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-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/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʁpɐ, (Portugal) -aɾpɐ
• Hyphenation: har‧pa

Noun

harpa f (plural harpas)

1. harp (musical instrument)

Derived terms

• claviarpa (“claviharp”)

Further reading

• “harpa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “harpa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈharpa]

Noun

harpa f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of harpă

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swedish

en kvinna som spelar harpa [a woman playing the harp [playing harp]]

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) a harp
2. a grain sieve

Declension

Declension of harpa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	harpa	harpas
	definite	harpan	harpans
plural	indefinite	harpor	harpors
	definite	harporna	harpornas

Descendants

• → Finnish: harppu

References

• harpa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• harpa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• harpa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)