calipha

See also: Calipha

Latin

Alternative forms

• calīfa, chalīfa

Etymology

From Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”), from the triliteral root خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f), literally "successor".

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈliː.pʰa/, [käˈlʲiːpʰä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.fa/, [käˈliːfä]

Noun

calīpha m (genitive calīphae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) caliph

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	calīpha	calīphae
genitive	calīphae	calīphārum
dative	calīphae	calīphīs
accusative	calīpham	calīphās
ablative	calīphā	calīphīs
vocative	calīpha	calīphae

Derived terms

• calīphātus

Descendants

• Catalan: califa
• Old French: caliphe
  • Middle French: calife
    • French: calife
      • → Romanian: calif
  • → English: caliph
• Italian: califfo
  • → Maltese: kalif, kaliff
• Portuguese: califa
• Spanish: califa
• → Czech: kalif
• → Dutch: kalief
• → Esperanto: kalifo, ĥalifo
• → Polish: kalif
• → Russian: кали́ф (kalíf), хали́ф (xalíf)
• → German: Kalif

References

• calipha in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• calipha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• calipha in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016