calipha

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See also: Calipha

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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calīpha m (genitive calīphae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) caliph

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative calīpha calīphae
Genitive calīphae calīphārum
Dative calīphae calīphīs
Accusative calīpham calīphās
Ablative calīphā calīphīs
Vocative calīpha calīphae

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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