خليف
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Arabic
Root |
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خ ل ف (ḵ l f) |
13 terms |
Etymology
فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb خَلَفَ (ḵalafa, “to be the successor”).
Pronunciation
Noun
خَلِيف • (ḵalīf) m
Declension
Declension of noun خَلِيف (ḵalīf)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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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