خليف

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See also: خلیفہ, and خليق

Arabic

Root
خ ل ف (ḵ l f)
13 terms

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb خَلَفَ (ḵalafa, “to be the successor”).

Pronunciation

Noun

خَلِيف • (ḵalīf) m

  1. successor

Declension

Declension of noun خَلِيف (ḵalīf)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal خَلِيف
ḵalīf 		الْخَلِيف
al-ḵalīf 		خَلِيف
ḵalīf
Nominative خَلِيفٌ
ḵalīfun 		الْخَلِيفُ
al-ḵalīfu 		خَلِيفُ
ḵalīfu
Accusative خَلِيفًا
ḵalīfan 		الْخَلِيفَ
al-ḵalīfa 		خَلِيفَ
ḵalīfa
Genitive خَلِيفٍ
ḵalīfin 		الْخَلِيفِ
al-ḵalīfi 		خَلِيفِ
ḵalīfi

Descendants

  • English: caliph (borrowed)
  • French: calife (borrowed)
  • Spanish: califa (borrowed)
  • Catalan: califa (borrowed)
  • Occitan: califa (borrowed)
  • Portuguese: califa (borrowed)

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