harpa

See also: harpă and härpå

Faroese

Alternative forms

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

French

Pronunciation

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

harpa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of harpe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

harpa f

  1. definite singular of harpe

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

Portuguese
harpa

Etymology

From Old Portuguese arpa, from Late Latin harpa, from Frankish *harpa (“harp”), from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ (“harp”).

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈaɾ.pɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaʁ.pɐ/
  • Hyphenation: har‧pa

Noun

harpa f (plural harpas)

  1. harp (musical instrument)

Spanish

Noun

harpa f (plural harpas)

  1. Rare spelling of arpa.

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
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