cain

== English == === Noun === cain (countable and uncountable, plural cains) Alternative form of kain. === See also === Tubal-cain === Anagrams === NIAC, Naic, Inca, cinA, Nica, inca, NACI == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkanʲ/ === Particle === cain alternative form of cani used before the preverb ro- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 2c4 == Old Tupi == === Noun === cain Lamy spelling of ka'i == Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh kein, from Proto-Celtic *kanis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kai̯n/ Rhymes: -ai̯n === Adjective === cain (feminine singular cain, plural ceinion, equative ceined, comparative ceinach, superlative ceinaf) fine lovely intricate ==== Derived terms ==== caineirian (“common twayblade”) === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “cain”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies