Feminine

farpa

Meaning

a sharp point left where cloth has been cut away on the edge of a flag, curtain, etc.; fringe, tail

Etymology

In summary

From obsolete farpar (“scratch, claw, rend”), a borrowing of Old French harper (“grasp forcefully”) from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną (“scrape”). Related to Spanish harapo (“rag”).

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