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cain

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

English

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Noun

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cain (countable and uncountable, plural cains)

  1. Alternative form of kain

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Anagrams

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Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Particle

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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. 2c4
      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?

Old Tupi

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Noun

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cain

  1. Lamy spelling of ka'i

Welsh

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. fine
  2. lovely
  3. intricate

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of cain
radical soft nasal aspirate
cain gain nghain chain

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • 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