Cain

See also: cain, -cain-, caín, Caín, Caïn, càin, cáin, and Cáin

English

Titian's Cain and Abel (1542-4)

Etymology

From Hebrew קַיִן (Káyin, “craftsman”), present since Old English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keɪn/, [kʰeɪn]

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Homophones: Caine, cane, Kain, Kane

Proper noun

Cain

2. (biblical) The son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel.

   According to the Book of Jubilees Cain got married to his sister Awan.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:8, column 2:

     And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to paſſe when they were in the field, that Cain roſe vp againſt Abel his brother, and ſlew him.

3. (rare) A male given name from Hebrew.
4. A surname.

Derived terms

• apple of Cain
• Cain-colored
• Cain complex
• Cainian
• Cainish
• Cainism
• Cainite
• Cainitic
• Cain-like
• mark of Cain
• raise Cain
• what in Cain

 

Translations

son of Adam and Eve

• Afrikaans: Kain
• Arabic: قَابِيل (ar) m (qābīl) (used by Muslims), قَايِين m (qāyīn) (used by Christians)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܩܐܝܢ

• Armenian: Կայեն (hy) (Kayen)
• Belarusian: Ка́ін m (Káin)
• Bengali: কাবিল (bn) (kabil) (Islam)
• Bulgarian: Ка́ин m (Káin)
• Catalan: Caín (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 該隱／该隐 (zh) (Gāiyǐn)

• Czech: Kain (cs) m
• Danish: Kain c
• Dutch: Kaïn (nl) m
• Ewe: Kain
• Faroese: Káin m
• Finnish: Kain
• French: Caïn (fr) m
• Georgian: კაენი (ḳaeni)
• German: Kain (de) m
• Greek: Κάιν (el) m (Káin)

  Ancient: Κάϊν (Káïn)

• Hebrew: קַ֔יִן (he) m (káyin)
• Irish: Cáin m
• Italian: Caino m
• Japanese: カイン (Kain)
• Korean: 카인 (Kain)
• Latin: Cain m, Caīnus m
• Macedonian: Каин m (Kain)
• Malay: Qabil (used by Muslims), Kain (used by Christians)
• Maltese: Kajin m
• Manx: Cain m
• Ngazidja Comorian: Kabila
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Kain m

• Old English: Cāin
• Persian: قابیل (fa) (qâbil)
• Polish: Kain (pl) m
• Portuguese: Caim (pt) m
• Romanian: Cain m
• Russian: Ка́ин (ru) m (Káin)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ка̀јин m

  Roman: Kàjin (sh) m

• Spanish: Caín (es) m
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: Kain (sv)
• Telugu: హంతకుడు (te) (hantakuḍu)
• Turkish: Kabil (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ка́їн m (Kájin)
• Vietnamese: Ca-in

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cain is the 551^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 60,948 individuals. Cain is most common among White (77.21%) and Black (17.00%) individuals.

See also

• Abel
• Adam
• Eve

Anagrams

• NIAC, Naic, Inca, cinA, Nica, inca, NACI

Old English

Etymology

From Hebrew קַיִן (Káyin, “craftsman”)

Proper noun

Cain m

1. (biblical) Cain, the brother of Abel and the first murderer

Declension

Declension of Cain (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Cain	—
accusative	Cain	—
genitive	Caines	—
dative	Caine	—

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈʔin/ [kɐˈʔin̪]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: Ca‧in

Proper noun

Caín (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜁᜈ᜔)

1. Alternative spelling of Kain

Further reading

• “Cain”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018