caife

See also: caifé

Irish

Alternative forms

caifí

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه‎ (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة‎ (qahwa, “coffee”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkafʲə/, /ˈkafʲeː/

Noun

caife m (genitive singular caife, nominative plural caifí)

coffee
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

Terms derived from caife

briseadh caife m, sos caife m (“coffee break”)
caifechupán m, cupán caife m (“coffee cup”)
caife mhoca m (“mocha”)
caife oighrithe m (“iced coffee”)

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”)

Related terms

caiféin f (“caffeine”)

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

"caife" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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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