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harfa
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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Old High German harfa, from Proto-West Germanic *harpā.
Pronunciation
Noun
harfa f (relational adjective harfový)
- (music) harp (a musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body)
Declension
Declension of harfa (hard feminine)
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Kashubian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle High German harpfe.
Pronunciation
Noun
harfa f (diminutive harfòwi)
- sifter
- (music) harp (a musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body)
Declension
Derived terms
verbs
- harfòwac impf
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 [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
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Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish arfa.
Pronunciation
Noun
harfa f
- (music) harp (a musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body)
Declension
Declension of harfa
Derived terms
Further reading
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
harfa f
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Old High German harfa, from Proto-West Germanic *harpā.
Noun
hȃrfa f (Cyrillic spelling ха̑рфа)
- (music) harp (a musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body)
Declension
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Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Old High German harfa, from Proto-West Germanic *harpā.
Pronunciation
Noun
harfa f (relational adjective harfový)
- (music) harp (a musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body)
Declension
Further reading
- “harfa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
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Slovene
Etymology
From Old High German harfa, from Proto-West Germanic *harpā.
Pronunciation
Noun
hȃrfa f
- (music) harp (a musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body)
Declension
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Upper Sorbian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
harfa f (related adjective harfowy)
- (music) harp (a musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body)
Declension
Declension of harfa (feminine hard stem)
References
- “harfa” in Soblex
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