каин
See also: Каин
Russian
Etymology
From Ка́ин (Káin, “biblical character — son of Adam and Eve”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkaɪn]
Proper noun
Ка́ин • (Káin) m anim (genitive Ка́ина) (figuratively)
- betrayer, murderer
- urchin, rascal
- Synonyms: сорване́ц (sorvanéc), отча́янная голова́ (otčájannaja golová)
References
- Kuznetsov, Sergey Alexandrovich (1998), “каин”, in Большой толковый словарь русского языка [Great Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Norint, →ISBN
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “каин”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- каин in Orthographical Academic Resource AKADEMOS, V. V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences – hosted at gramota.ru