خليف

See also: خلیفہ and خليق

Arabic
Root
خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb خَلَفَ (ḵalafa, “to be the successor”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xa.liːf/
  • Rhymes: -iːf

Noun

خَلِيف • (ḵalīf) m

  1. successor

Declension
Declension of noun خَلِيف (ḵalīf)
Singular basic singular triptote
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
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