calipha

See also: Calipha

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈliː.pʰa/, [käˈlʲiːpʰä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.fa/, [käˈliːfä]

Noun

calīpha m (genitive calīphae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) caliph

Declension

First-declension noun.

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

Descendants

• Catalan: califa
• Old French: caliphe
  • → English: caliph
  • French: calife
• Italian: califfo
• Portuguese: califa
• Spanish: califa

References

• 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