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”)

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
  • Entries containing “caife” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “caife” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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