خليفة

See also: خلیفہ‎, خلیفه‎, and جلیقه‎

Arabic

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʿīl)-type stative-verb active participle from the verb خَلَفَ‎ (ḵalafa, “to be the successor, to substitute for”), with unexpected feminine ending, from the root خ ل ف‎ (ḵ-l-f); literally, "successor, substitute".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xa.liː.fa/

Noun

خَلِيفَة • (ḵalīfa) m (plural خُلَفَاء‎ (ḵulafāʾ) or خَلَائِف‎ (ḵalāʾif))

Declension

Declension of noun خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَلِيفَة ḵalīfa	الْخَلِيفَة‎ al-ḵalīfa	خَلِيفَة ḵalīfat
Nominative	خَلِيفَةٌ ḵalīfatun	الْخَلِيفَةُ‎ al-ḵalīfatu	خَلِيفَةُ ḵalīfatu
Accusative	خَلِيفَةً ḵalīfatan	الْخَلِيفَةَ‎ al-ḵalīfata	خَلِيفَةَ ḵalīfata
Genitive	خَلِيفَةٍ ḵalīfatin	الْخَلِيفَةِ‎ al-ḵalīfati	خَلِيفَةِ ḵalīfati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَلِيفَتَيْن‎ ḵalīfatayn	الْخَلِيفَتَيْن‎ al-ḵalīfatayn	خَلِيفَتَيْ‎ ḵalīfatay
Nominative	خَلِيفَتَانِ‎ ḵalīfatāni	الْخَلِيفَتَانِ‎ al-ḵalīfatāni	خَلِيفَتَا‎ ḵalīfatā
Accusative	خَلِيفَتَيْنِ‎ ḵalīfatayni	الْخَلِيفَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḵalīfatayni	خَلِيفَتَيْ‎ ḵalīfatay
Genitive	خَلِيفَتَيْنِ‎ ḵalīfatayni	الْخَلِيفَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḵalīfatayni	خَلِيفَتَيْ‎ ḵalīfatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُلَفَاء‎‎; خَلَائِف‎ ḵulafāʾ‎; ḵalāʾif	الْخُلَفَاء‎‎; الْخَلَائِف‎ al-ḵulafāʾ‎; al-ḵalāʾif	خُلَفَاء‎‎; خَلَائِف‎ ḵulafāʾ‎; ḵalāʾif
Nominative	خُلَفَاءُ‎‎; خَلَائِفُ‎ ḵulafāʾu‎; ḵalāʾifu	الْخُلَفَاءُ‎‎; الْخَلَائِفُ‎ al-ḵulafāʾu‎; al-ḵalāʾifu	خُلَفَاءُ‎‎; خَلَائِفُ‎ ḵulafāʾu‎; ḵalāʾifu
Accusative	خُلَفَاءَ‎‎; خَلَائِفَ‎ ḵulafāʾa‎; ḵalāʾifa	الْخُلَفَاءَ‎‎; الْخَلَائِفَ‎ al-ḵulafāʾa‎; al-ḵalāʾifa	خُلَفَاءَ‎‎; خَلَائِفَ‎ ḵulafāʾa‎; ḵalāʾifa
Genitive	خُلَفَاءَ‎‎; خَلَائِفَ‎ ḵulafāʾa‎; ḵalāʾifa	الْخُلَفَاءِ‎‎; الْخَلَائِفِ‎ al-ḵulafāʾi‎; al-ḵalāʾifi	خُلَفَاءِ‎‎; خَلَائِفِ‎ ḵulafāʾi‎; ḵalāʾifi

Descendants

→ Dutch: kalief
→ English: caliph
→ Esperanto: ĥalifo
→ French: calife
→ Persian: خلیفه‎ (xalife)
→ Russian: хали́ф (xalíf), кали́ф (kalíf)
→ Spanish: califa

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “خلف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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