χαλιφᾶς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa).
Pronunciation
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xa.liˈfas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xa.liˈfas/
Noun
χαλιφᾶς • (khaliphâs) m (genitive χαλιφᾶ); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ χαλιφᾶς ho khaliphâs |
τὼ χαλιφᾶ tṑ khaliphâ |
οἱ χαλιφαῖ hoi khaliphaî | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χαλιφᾶ toû khaliphâ |
τοῖν χαλιφαῖν toîn khaliphaîn |
τῶν χαλιφῶν tôn khaliphôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χαλιφᾷ tōî khaliphāî |
τοῖν χαλιφαῖν toîn khaliphaîn |
τοῖς χαλιφαῖς toîs khaliphaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν χαλιφᾶν tòn khaliphân |
τὼ χαλιφᾶ tṑ khaliphâ |
τοὺς χαλιφᾶς toùs khaliphâs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χαλιφᾶ khaliphâ |
χαλιφᾶ khaliphâ |
χαλιφαῖ khaliphaî | ||||||||||
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References
- Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “χαλιφᾶς”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 1158