arfa

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

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ar‧fa

arfa (definite accusative arfanı, plural arfalar)

1. harp

• “arfa” in Obastan.com.

1. harp

arfa

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

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

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

arfa f

1. Alternative form of harfa.

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

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From German Harfe.

arfa f (4th declension)

1. harp

 arfa on Lithuanian Wikipedia

From German Harfe.

árfa f (plural árfos) stress pattern 1 ^[1]

1. harp

   pedalinė arfa ― pedal harp

• arfininkas (“harpist”)

• lyra (“lyre”)

• “arfa”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “arfa”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024

arfa

1. Romanization of ᠠᡵᡶᠠ

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈarva/

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arfa f (genitive ǫrfu, plural ǫrfur)

1. heiress

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

• arfi m (“heir”)

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

• Icelandic: arfa

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

Borrowed from Middle High German harpfe, from Old High German harfa, from Proto-West Germanic *harpā.^[1][2][3][4] First attested in 1450.

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

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]

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

• 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

Inherited from Old Polish arfa.

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• Rhymes: -arfa
• Syllabification: ar‧fa

arfa f

1. sifter

   Synonym: przesiewacz

2. (music) Obsolete form of harfa..

• 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

arfa

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

From Proto-Turkic *arpa

• IPA^(key):

arfa

1. barley

• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “arfa”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, 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

Inherited from Old Polish arfa.

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

arfa f

1. (music) harp

• arfa in silling.org

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

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

arfa (definite accusative arfany, plural arfalar)

1. (Yomut) barley

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

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

arfa (definite accusative arfany, plural arfalar)

1. harp

   Men arfa çalýaryn. ― I play the harp.

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