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caife

caife

Irish

Alternative forms

caifé

Noun

caife m ‎(genitive singular caife, nominative plural caifí)

coffee
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

caife mhoca m ‎(“mocha”)
caife oighrithe m ‎(“iced coffee”)
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”)
sos caife m, briseadh caife m ‎(“coffee break”)
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.

References

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