cain

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

English

Noun

cain (countable and uncountable, plural cains)

1. Alternative form of kain

See also

• Tubal-cain

Anagrams

• Inca, NACI, NIAC, Nica, inca

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kanʲ]

Particle

cain

1. Alternative form of cani used before the preverb ro-
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 2^c4

     Cain ro·noíbad Abracham tri hiris? In tree ǽm didiu fa nacc?

     Hasn’t Abraham been sanctified through faith? Through it then indeed or not?

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh cein, from Proto-Celtic *kanis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kai̯n/
• Rhymes: -ai̯n

Adjective

cain (feminine singular cain, plural ceinion, equative ceined, comparative ceinach, superlative ceinaf)

1. fine
2. lovely
3. intricate

Derived terms

• caineirian (“common twayblade”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cain	gain	nghain	chain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cain”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies