caife

See also: caifé

Irish

Alternative forms

• caifí

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of caifé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkafʲə/, /ˈkɑfʲə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑfʲiː/ (corresponding to the form caifí)

Noun

caife m (genitive singular caife, nominative plural caifí)

1. coffee
2. Alternative form of caifé (“café”)

Declension

Declension of caife (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative caife caifí vocative a chaife a chaifí genitive caife caifí dative caife caifí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an caife na caifí genitive an chaife na gcaifí dative leis an gcaife don chaife leis na caifí

Derived terms

• briseadh caife m (“coffee break”)
• caife mhoca m (“mocha”)
• caife oighrithe m (“iced coffee”)
• caifechupán m (“coffee cup”)
• cupán caife m (“coffee cup”)
• dríodar caife m (“coffee-grounds”)
• meilteoir caife m (“coffee-grinder”)
• muileann caife m (“coffee-mill”)
• pónaire chaife f (“coffee bean”)
• pota caife m (“coffee-pot”)
• síol caife m (“coffee bean”)
• siopa caife m (“coffee shop”)
• síothlán caife m (“percolator”)
• sos caife m (“coffee break”)
• tábla caife m (“coffee table”)

Related terms

• caiféin f (“caffeine”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of caife

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caife	chaife	gcaife

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caife”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “caife”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “caife”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025