قابيل

Arabic

Etymology

The initial consonant is from Hebrew קַיִן (qayin), but the word was otherwise restructured to rhyme with هَابِيل (hābīl, “Abel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qaː.biːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl

Proper noun

قَابِيل • (qābīl) m

  1. (Islam) Cain (biblical son of Adam)
    Synonym: (Christianity) قَايِين (qāyīn)

Declension

Declension of noun قَابِيل (qābīl)
singular basic singular diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal — قَابِيل
qābīl 		—
nominative — قَابِيلُ
qābīlu 		—
accusative — قَابِيلَ
qābīla 		—
genitive — قَابِيلَ
qābīla 		—
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