calipha
See also: Calipha
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 Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈliː.pʰa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈliː.fa]
Noun
calīpha m (genitive calīphae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | calīpha | calīphae |
| genitive | calīphae | calīphārum |
| dative | calīphae | calīphīs |
| accusative | calīpham | calīphās |
| ablative | calīphā | calīphīs |
| vocative | calīpha | calīphae |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Catalan: califa
- Old French: caliphe
- 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016