خليف

See also: خلیفہ‎ and خليق‎

Arabic

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʿīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb خَلَفَ‎ (ḵalafa, “to be the successor”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xa.liːf/

Noun

خَلِيف • (ḵalīf) m

successor

Declension

Declension of noun خَلِيف (ḵalīf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَلِيف ḵalīf	الْخَلِيف‎ al-ḵalīf	خَلِيف ḵalīf
Nominative	خَلِيفٌ ḵalīfun	الْخَلِيفُ‎ al-ḵalīfu	خَلِيفُ ḵalīfu
Accusative	خَلِيفًا‎ ḵalīfan	الْخَلِيفَ‎ al-ḵalīfa	خَلِيفَ ḵalīfa
Genitive	خَلِيفٍ ḵalīfin	الْخَلِيفِ‎ al-ḵalīfi	خَلِيفِ ḵalīfi

Descendants

English: caliph (borrowed)
French: calife (borrowed)
Spanish: califa (borrowed)
Catalan: califa (borrowed)
Occitan: califa (borrowed)
Portuguese: califa (borrowed)

See also

خليفَة‎, the usual Arabic word for a caliph

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.