caife

See also: caifé

Irish

Alternative forms

• caifí

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of caifé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkafʲə/

Noun

caife m (genitive singular caife, nominative plural caifí)

1. coffee
2. Alternative form of caifé (“café”)

Declension

Declension of caife

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative caife caifí Vocative a chaife a chaifí Genitive caife caifí Dative caife caifí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an caife na caifí Genitive an chaife na gcaifí Dative leis an gcaife don chaife leis na caifí

Derived terms

• briseadh caife m, sos caife m (“coffee break”)
• caife mhoca m (“mocha”)
• caife oighrithe m (“iced coffee”)
• caifechupán m, cupán caife m (“coffee cup”)
• dríodar caife m (“coffee-grounds”)
• meilteoir caife m (“coffee-grinder”)
• muileann caife m (“coffee-mill”)
• pónaire chaife f, síol caife m (“coffee bean”)
• pota caife m (“coffee-pot”)
• siopa caife m (“coffee shop”)
• síothlán caife m (“percolator”)
• tábla caife m (“coffee table”)

 

Related terms

• caiféin f (“caffeine”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caife	chaife	gcaife
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caife”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “caife”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “caife”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024