caín

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

Asturian

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈin/ [kaˈĩŋ]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: ca‧ín

Noun

caín m (uncountable)

  1. haze, fog
    Synonyms: nublina, borrina

Derived terms

  • cainada
  • encainada

References

  • “caín” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

Galician

Verb

caín

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of caer

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Brythonic language, whence the diphthong. Compare Welsh cain, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kanyos. Conflated with an earlier form cain with the same meaning, which is from Proto-Celtic *kanis, of which *kanyos was a thematicized form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːi̯nʲ/

Adjective

caín (superlative caínem)

  1. fine, good
  2. fair, beautiful

Inflection

i-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative caín caín caín
vocative caín
accusative caín caín
genitive caín caíne caín
dative caín caín caín
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative caíni caíni
vocative caíni
accusative caíni
genitive caín*
caíne
dative caínib

*not when substantivized

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: caín

Mutation

Mutation of caín
radical lenition nasalization
caín chaín caín
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

Further reading

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