cailif

Irish

Etymology

From English caliph, from Middle English caliphe, from Old French caliphe, from Medieval Latin calipha, from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”) and خَلِيف (ḵalīf, “successor”).

Noun

cailif m (genitive singular cailif, nominative plural cailifí)

1. caliph

Declension

Declension of cailif

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cailif cailifí Vocative a chailif a chailifí Genitive cailif cailifí Dative cailif cailifí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cailif na cailifí Genitive an chailif na gcailifí Dative leis an gcailif don chailif leis na cailifí

Derived terms

• cailifeacht

Related terms

• sabhdán

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cailif	chailif	gcailif
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.