خليف

See also: خلیفہ and خليق

Arabic

Root
خ ل ف (ḵ l f)
14 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.liːf/
  • Rhymes: -iːf

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)

See also

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