LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

calīphātus

calīphātus m (genitive calīphātūs)
Ecclesiastical[ka.liˈfaː.tus]

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latincaliphate (office of a caliph)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecalīphātuscalīphātūs
genitivecalīphātūscalīphātuum
dativecalīphātuīcalīphātibus
accusativecalīphātumcalīphātūs
ablativecalīphātūcalīphātibus
vocativecalīphātuscalīphātūs

Origins

  1. Proto-Semitic*ḫalap-
  2. Arabic خَلَفَ(ḵalafa)
  3. Latincalīphātus

Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa)der. Latin calīpha Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātus Latin calīphātus From calīpha + -ātus.

Descendants
  • Catalancalifat
  • Englishcaliphate
  • Englishcalifate
  • Frenchcalifat
  • GermanKalifat
  • Italiancalifado
  • Portuguesecalifado
  • Romaniancalifat
  • Spanishcalifado
  • Spanishcalifato

In English words that came into English from calīphātus

  • caliphatecalīphātus

Quick answers

What does calīphātus mean in Latin?
calīphātus, a noun, means “caliphate (office of a caliph)”.
What is the genitive of calīphātus?
The genitive singular is calīphātūs. calīphātus is masculine, fourth declension.
Where does calīphātus come from?
Proto-Semitic *ḫalap- → Arabic خَلَفَ (ḵalafa) → Latin calīphātus.