calipha

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Latin

Alternative forms

calīfa, chalīfa

Etymology

From Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”), from the triliteral root خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f), literally "successor".

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈliː.pʰa/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.fa/,

Noun

calīpha m (genitive calīphae); first declension

(Medieval Latin) caliph

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	calīpha	calīphae
Genitive	calīphae	calīphārum
Dative	calīphae	calīphīs
Accusative	calīpham	calīphās
Ablative	calīphā	calīphīs
Vocative	calīpha	calīphae

Derived terms

calīphātus

Descendants

Catalan: califa
Old French: caliphe
- French: calife
- → English: caliph
Italian: califfo
Portuguese: califa
Spanish: califa
→ Czech: kalif
→ Dutch: kalief
→ Esperanto: kalifo, ĥalifo
→ Polish: kalif
→ Russian: кали́ф (kalíf), хали́ф (xalíf)
→ German: Kalif

References

calipha in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
calipha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
calipha in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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