# harpa
## 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: /ˈhaɹ̥pa/
    Rhymes: -aɹ̥pa

### Noun

harpa f (genitive singular harpu, plural harpur)
* harp

#### Derived terms

* munnharpa

## French
### Pronunciation

* Homophones: harpas, harpât

### Verb

harpa
* 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: /ˈhar̥pa/
    Rhymes: -ar̥pa
    Homophones: Harpa

### Noun

harpa f (genitive singular hörpu, nominative plural hörpur)
* harp
* the seventh month of the year according to the old Icelandic calendar

#### 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)
* 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
*** 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
* definite feminine singular of harpe

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

harpa f
* 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
* harp
* rack (torturing device)

#### 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
* harp

#### Descendants

* Swedish: harpa

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arpa, from Late Latin harpa, from Frankish *harpā, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈah.pɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈah.pɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈaɾ.pɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈaχ.pɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈaɻ.pa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈaɾ.pɐ/
* Hyphenation: har‧pa

### Noun

harpa f (plural harpas)
* harp (musical instrument)

#### Derived terms

* claviarpa (“claviharp”)

### Further reading

* “harpa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈharpa]

### Noun

harpa f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of harpă

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaɾpa/ [ˈaɾ.pa]
* Rhymes: -aɾpa
* Syllabification: har‧pa

### Noun

harpa f (plural harpas)
* 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], 2024 December 10

## 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.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

harpa c
* (music) a harp
* a grain sieve

#### Declension

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

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: harppu

### References

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