قابيل

Arabic

Etymology

The initial consonant is from Hebrew קַיִן‎ (qayin), but the word was otherwise restructured to rhyme with هَابِيل‎ (hābīl, “Abel”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /qaː.biːl/

Proper noun

قَابِيل • (qābīl) m

  1. (Islam) Cain (biblical son of Adam)
    Synonym: (Christianity) قَايِين‎ (qāyīn)

Declension
Declension of noun قَابِيل (qābīl)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — قَابِيل
qābīl		 —
Nominative — قَابِيلُ
qābīlu		 —
Accusative — قَابِيلَ
qābīla		 —
Genitive — قَابِيلَ
qābīla		 —
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