harfa

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See also: hárfa, harfă, and harfą

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German harfa, from Proto-West Germanic *harpā.

Pronunciation

Noun

harfa f (relational adjective harfový)

  1. harp

Declension

Kashubian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German harpfe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxar.fa/
  • Rhymes: -arfa
  • Syllabification: har‧fa

Noun

harfa f (diminutive harfòwi)

  1. sifter
  2. (music) harp

Declension

Declension of harfa
singular plural
nominative harfa harfë
genitive harfë harf/harfów
dative harfie harfóm
accusative harfã harfë
instrumental harfą harfama
locative harfie harfach
vocative harfa/harfò harfë

Derived terms

verbs

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “harfa”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 50
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “arfa”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi, volume 1, page 35
  • (h)arfa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka , Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

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harfa

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish arfa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxar.fa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -arfa
  • Syllabification: har‧fa

Noun

harfa f

  1. (music) harp

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

harfa f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of harfă

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

From Old High German harfa, from Proto-West Germanic *harpā.

Noun

hȃrfa f (Cyrillic spelling ха̑рфа)

  1. harp

Declension

Declension of harfa
singular plural
nominative harfa harfe
genitive harfe hȃrfā / hȃrfī
dative harfi harfama
accusative harfu harfe
vocative harfo harfe
locative harfi harfama
instrumental harfom harfama

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Old High German harfa, from Proto-West Germanic *harpā.

Pronunciation

Noun

harfa f (relational adjective harfový)

  1. harp

Declension

Declension of harfa
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativeharfaharfy
genitiveharfyhárf
dativeharfeharfám
accusativeharfuharfy
locativeharfeharfách
instrumentalharfouharfami

Further reading

Slovene

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Etymology

From Old High German harfa, from Proto-West Germanic *harpā.

Pronunciation

Noun

hȃrfa f

  1. harp (musical instrument)

Declension

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Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. hárfa
gen. sing. hárfe
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
hárfa hárfi hárfe
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
hárfe hárf hárf
dative
(dajȃlnik)
hárfi hárfama hárfam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
hárfo hárfi hárfe
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
hárfi hárfah hárfah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
hárfo hárfama hárfami

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Harfe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaʀ.fa/
  • Rhymes: -aʀfa
  • Syllabification: har‧fa

Noun

harfa f (related adjective harfowy)

  1. (music) harp (triangular-shaped instrument with strings of unequal length, pluckable with both hands, and a pedal system that allows sounds to be raised by half or one tone)

Declension

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