χαλιφᾶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /xa.liˈfas/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.liˈfas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.liˈfas/

Noun

χαλιφᾶς • (khaliphâs) m (genitive χαλιφᾶ); first declension

1. (Byzantine) caliph

Inflection

First declension of ὁ χαλιφᾶς; τοῦ χαλιφᾶ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χαλιφᾶς ho khaliphâs	τὼ χαλιφᾶ tṑ khaliphâ	οἱ χαλιφαῖ hoi khaliphaî
Genitive	τοῦ χαλιφᾶ toû khaliphâ	τοῖν χαλιφαῖν toîn khaliphaîn	τῶν χαλιφῶν tôn khaliphôn
Dative	τῷ χαλιφᾷ tôi khaliphâi	τοῖν χαλιφαῖν toîn khaliphaîn	τοῖς χαλιφαῖς toîs khaliphaîs
Accusative	τὸν χαλιφᾶν tòn khaliphân	τὼ χαλιφᾶ tṑ khaliphâ	τοὺς χαλιφᾶς toùs khaliphâs
Vocative	χαλιφᾶ khaliphâ	χαλιφᾶ khaliphâ	χαλιφαῖ khaliphaî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “χαλιφᾶς”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 1158