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Cain
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cain -cain- caín Caín Caïn càin cáin Cáin
English
thumb|Titian's Cain and Abel (1542-4)
Etymology
From en he קַיִן craftsman Káyin, present since Old English.
Pronunciation
en /keɪn/ [kʰeɪn]
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cain.wav Southern England
en eɪn 1
en Caine cane Kain Kane
Proper noun
en Q205365en biblical character The son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel.
en According to the Book of Jubilees Cain got married to his sister Awan.
Genesis 4 8 81 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.
en rare en male Hebrew.
en.
Derived terms
en apple of Cain Cain complex Cain-colored Cain-like Cainian Cainish Cainism cainism Cainite Cainitic curse of Cain mark of Cain raise Cain what in Cain
Translations
son of Adam and Eve
Afrikaans: af Kain
Arabic: ar قَابِيل m used by Muslims, ar قَايِين m used by Christians
Aramaic:
Syriac: syc ܩܐܝܢ
Armenian: hy Կայեն
Belarusian: be Ка́ін m
Bengali: bn কাবিল Islam
Bulgarian: bg Ка́ин m
Catalan: ca Caín m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 該隱 Gāiyǐn
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: zdj Kabila
Czech: cs Kain m
Danish: da Kain c
Dutch: nl Kaïn m
Ewe: ee Kain
Faroese: fo Káin m
Finnish: fi Kain
French: fr Caïn m
Georgian: ka კაენი
German: de Kain m
Greek: el Κάιν m
Ancient Greek: grc Κάϊν
Hebrew: he קַ֔יִן m káyin
Hindi: hi कैन m Christianity, hi क़ाबील m Islam
Irish: ga Cáin m
Italian: it Caino m
Japanese: ja カイン Kain
Korean: ko ^카인
Latin: la Cain m, la Caīnus m
Macedonian: mk Каин m
Malay: ms Qabil used by Muslims, ms Kain used by Christians
Maltese: mt Kajin m
Manx: gv Cain m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Kain m
Old English: ang Cāin
Persian: fa قابیل qâbil
Polish: pl Kain m
Portuguese: pt Caim m
Romanian: ro Cain m
Russian: ru Ка́ин m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ка̀јин m
Latin: sh Kàjin m
Spanish: es Caín m
Swahili: sw Kaini
Swedish: sv Kain
Telugu: te హంతకుడు
Turkish: tr Kabil
Ukrainian: uk Ка́їн m
Vietnamese: vi Ca-in
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Cain is the 551st 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
en Abel
en Adam
en Eve
Anagrams
en acin NIAC Naic Inca cinA Nica inca NACI
Old English
Etymology
ang he קַיִן craftsman Káyin
Proper noun
m
ang biblical character en Cain the brother of Abel and the first murderer
Declension
Cain sg
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Ca7ín
Proper noun
Caín +
tl Kain
Further reading