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

Mutated forms of cailif

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cailif	chailif	gcailif

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