Caín

Borrowed from Hebrew קַיִן (káyin).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈin]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈin]

Caín m

1. Cain (Biblical character)

• caïnita

Borrowed from Hebrew קַיִן (káyin). Cognate with Old Spanish Caym.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈin/ [kaˈĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: Ca‧ín

Caín m

1. Cain (Biblical character)
   • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Génesis 4:8:

     Y habló Caín á su hermano Abel: y aconteció que estando ellos en el campo, Caín se levantó contra su hermano Abel, y le mató.

     And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

     (KJV)

• Abel
• Adán
• Eva

• “Caín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024