caife

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See also: caifé

Irish

Alternative forms

caifí

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of caifé.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkafʲə/

Noun

caife m (genitive singular caife, nominative plural caifí)

coffee
Alternative form of caifé (“café”)

Declension

Declension of caife (fourth declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	caife	caifí
vocative	a chaife	a chaifí
genitive	caife	caifí
dative	caife	caifí

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an caife	na caifí
genitive	an chaife	na gcaifí
dative	leis an gcaife don chaife	leis na caifí

Derived terms

briseadh caife m (“coffee break”)
caife mhoca m (“mocha”)
caife oighrithe m (“iced coffee”)
caifechupán m (“coffee cup”)
cupán caife m (“coffee cup”)
dríodar caife m (“coffee-grounds”)
meilteoir caife m (“coffee-grinder”)
muileann caife m (“coffee-mill”)
pónaire chaife f (“coffee bean”)
pota caife m (“coffee-pot”)
síol caife m (“coffee bean”)
siopa caife m (“coffee shop”)
síothlán caife m (“percolator”)
sos caife m (“coffee break”)
tábla caife m (“coffee table”)

Related terms

caiféin f (“caffeine”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *caife*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
caife	chaife	gcaife

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caife”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “caife”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“caife”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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