kalifa

See also: Kalifa

Hungarian

Etymology

Internationalism (compare English caliph, German Kalif (“caliph”), French calife (“caliph”)), ultimately from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”) and خَلِيف (ḵalīf, “successor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒlifɒ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧li‧fa
• Rhymes: -fɒ

Noun

kalifa (plural kalifák)

1. caliph

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kalifa	kalifák
accusative	kalifát	kalifákat
dative	kalifának	kalifáknak
instrumental	kalifával	kalifákkal
causal-final	kalifáért	kalifákért
translative	kalifává	kalifákká
terminative	kalifáig	kalifákig
essive-formal	kalifaként	kalifákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kalifában	kalifákban
superessive	kalifán	kalifákon
adessive	kalifánál	kalifáknál
illative	kalifába	kalifákba
sublative	kalifára	kalifákra
allative	kalifához	kalifákhoz
elative	kalifából	kalifákból
delative	kalifáról	kalifákról
ablative	kalifától	kalifáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	kalifáé	kalifáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kalifáéi	kalifákéi

Possessive forms of kalifa
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kalifám	kalifáim
2nd person sing.	kalifád	kalifáid
3rd person sing.	kalifája	kalifái
1st person plural	kalifánk	kalifáink
2nd person plural	kalifátok	kalifáitok
3rd person plural	kalifájuk	kalifáik

Related terms

• kalifátus

 

Further reading

• kalifa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈli.fa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ifa
• Syllabification: ka‧li‧fa

Noun

kalifa

1. genitive singular of kalif
2. accusative singular of kalif