/xa.liː.fa/
الأصلفَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb active participle from the verb خَلَفَ (ḵalafa, “to be the successor, to substitute for”), with unexpected feminine ending, from the root خ ل ف (ḵ l f); literally, "successor, substitute".
- a successor
- a caliph
- a deputy, a vicar, a substitute, a representative
الصيغخَلِيفَة(canonical, masculine) · ḵalīfa(romanization) · خُلَفَاء(plural) · خَلَائِف(plural) · خَلِيفَة(ar-infl-a, indefinite, informal, singular, triptote) · الْخَلِيفَة(ar-infl-a, definite, informal, singular, triptote) · خَلِيفَة(ar-infl-a, construct, informal, singular, triptote) · خَلِيفَةٌ(ar-infl-a, indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote) · الْخَلِيفَةُ(ar-infl-a, definite, nominative, singular, triptote) · خَلِيفَةُ(ar-infl-a, construct, nominative, singular, triptote) · خَلِيفَةً(accusative, ar-infl-a, indefinite, singular, triptote) · الْخَلِيفَةَ(accusative, ar-infl-a, definite, singular, triptote) · خَلِيفَةَ(accusative, ar-infl-a, construct, singular, triptote) · خَلِيفَةٍ(ar-infl-a, genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote) · الْخَلِيفَةِ(ar-infl-a, definite, genitive, singular, triptote) · خَلِيفَةِ(ar-infl-a, construct, genitive, singular, triptote) · خَلِيفَتَيْن(ar-infl-a, dual, indefinite, informal, singular, triptote) · الْخَلِيفَتَيْن(ar-infl-a, definite, dual, informal, singular, triptote) · خَلِيفَتَيْ(ar-infl-a, construct, dual, informal, singular, triptote) · خَلِيفَتَانِ(ar-infl-a, dual, indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote)
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