خليف

See also: خلیفہ and خليق

Arabic

Root
خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f)

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

• خليفَة, the usual Arabic word for a caliph