Kain
English
Proper noun
Kain
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
Proper noun
Kain
- Cain (biblical character)
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkaɪn]
Proper noun
Kain m anim (female equivalent Kainová)
- a male surname
Declension
Declension of Kain (hard masculine animate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kain | Kainové |
| genitive | Kaina | Kainů |
| dative | Kainovi | Kainům |
| accusative | Kaina | Kainy |
| vocative | Kaine | Kainové |
| locative | Kainovi | Kainech |
| instrumental | Kainem | Kainy |
Further reading
- “Kain”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
Ewe
Proper noun
Kain
- Cain (Biblical character)
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑi̯n/, [ˈkɑ̝i̯n]
- Rhymes: -ɑin
- Syllabification(key): Kain
- Hyphenation(key): Kain
Etymology 1
From Biblical Hebrew קַיִן (Káyin).
Proper noun
Kain
- Cain (Biblical character)
- (rare) a male given name
Declension
| Inflection of Kain (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kain | Kainit | |
| genitive | Kainin | Kainien | |
| partitive | Kainia | Kaineja | |
| illative | Kainiin | Kaineihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kain | Kainit | |
| accusative | nom. | Kain | Kainit |
| gen. | Kainin | ||
| genitive | Kainin | Kainien | |
| partitive | Kainia | Kaineja | |
| inessive | Kainissa | Kaineissa | |
| elative | Kainista | Kaineista | |
| illative | Kainiin | Kaineihin | |
| adessive | Kainilla | Kaineilla | |
| ablative | Kainilta | Kaineilta | |
| allative | Kainille | Kaineille | |
| essive | Kainina | Kaineina | |
| translative | Kainiksi | Kaineiksi | |
| abessive | Kainitta | Kaineitta | |
| instructive | — | Kainein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
Statistics
- The given name Kain belongs to 7 male individuals (and as a middle name to 6 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Further reading
- Kain Tapper in the Finnish Wikipedia.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Kain
- inflection of Kai:
- genitive/accusative singular
- instructive plural
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɪ̯n/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: kein
- Rhymes: -aɪ̯n
Proper noun
Kain m
- Cain (Biblical character)
Derived terms
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Cain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /ˈka.in/, (colloquial) /ˈkajn/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ain, -ajn
- Syllabification: Ka‧in
Proper noun
Kain m pers
Declension
Declension of Kain
Noun
Kain m pers
- (figuratively) fratricide
- Synonym: bratobójca
Declension
Declension of Kain
Further reading
- Kain in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Kain in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kǎin/
- Hyphenation: Ka‧in
Proper noun
Kàin m anim (Cyrillic spelling Ка̀ин)
- Cain (Biblical character)
Declension
Declension of Kain
See also
Swedish
Proper noun
Kain c (genitive Kains)
- Cain (biblical character)
- 1999 November 17, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Första Moseboken 4:2”, in Bibel 2000[1], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 16 July 2025:
- Abel var herde och Kain brukade jorden.
- Abel was a shepherd, and Cain worked the soil.
References
- Kain in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1910)
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Caín, from Latin Cain, from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל (heḇel, “breath, vapor; vanity”). See also Ancient Greek Κάϊν (Káïn).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaˈʔin/ [kɐˈʔɪn̪]
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: Ka‧in
Proper noun
Kaín (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜁᜈ᜔) (biblical)