kalif

See also: Kalif

English

Noun

kalif (plural kalifs)

  1. Alternative spelling of caliph
  2. A rank in the Ku Klux Klan

Anagrams

Czech

Noun

kalif m anim

  1. caliph
    Synonym: chalífa

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French calife, from Old French caliphe, from Medieval Latin calīpha, from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈka.lif/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -alif
  • Syllabification: ka‧lif

Noun

kalif m pers

  1. caliph

Declension
Declension of kalif
singular plural
nominative kalif kalifowie/kalify (deprecative)
genitive kalifa kalifów
dative kalifowi kalifom
accusative kalifa kalifów
instrumental kalifem kalifami
locative kalifie kalifach
vocative kalifie kalifowie
noun

Further reading
  • kalif in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kalif in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kǎliːf/

Noun

kàlīf m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀лӣф)

  1. caliph

Declension
Declension of kalif
singular plural
nominative kàlīf kalifi
genitive kalífa kalifa
dative kalifu kalifima
accusative kalifa kalife
vocative kalife kalifi
locative kalifu kalifima
instrumental kalifom kalifima

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”), from the triliteral root خ ل ف (ḵ-l-f); literally, "successor, substitute". Cognate of Medieval Latin calipha.

Noun

kalif c

  1. caliph

Declension
Declension of kalif 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kalif kalifen kalifer kaliferna
Genitive kalifs kalifens kalifers kalifernas

References
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