cailif

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Irish

Etymology

From English caliph, from Middle English caliphe, from Old French caliphe, from Medieval Latin calipha, from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”) and خَلِيف (ḵalīf, “successor”).

Noun

cailif m (genitive singular cailif, nominative plural cailifí)

  1. caliph

Declension

Declension of cailif (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cailif cailifí
vocative a chailif a chailifí
genitive cailif cailifí
dative cailif cailifí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cailif na cailifí
genitive an chailif na gcailifí
dative leis an gcailif
don chailif 		leis na cailifí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cailif
radical lenition eclipsis
cailif chailif gcailif

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

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