Caym
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Old Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hebrew קַיִן (káyin).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Caym m
- (biblical) Cain
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1v:
- de lãt ebrõ mato caẏm a abel ſo ermano.
- It was outside Hebron that Cain killed his brother Abel.
Descendants
[edit]- Spanish: Caín