arfa

arfa

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): /ˈarfa/
• Syllabification: ar‧fa

arfa f

1. Alternative form of harfa.

• 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

From German Harfe.

arfa f (4th declension)

1. harp

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/

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

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

arfa f

1. (music) harp
   • 1450, Rozariusz kapitulny, 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
• 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.fa/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈar.fa/

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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): [ɑrfɑ]

arfa

1. barley

• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (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], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 17

Inherited from Old Polish arfa.

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

arfa f

1. (music) harp

• arfa in silling.org