caín

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

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
Notes *not when substantivized

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: caín

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
caín chaín caín
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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