Ulna, highlighted in red
UlnaFromLatinulna(“elbow”).Doublet ofell.
ulna (pluralulnaeorulnas)
- (anatomy) Thebone of theforearm that extends from theelbow to thewrist on the side opposite to thethumb, corresponding to thefibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in theforelimb of anyvertebrate.
- Synonym:elbow bone
Borrowed fromLatinulna.
ulna f (pluralulnes)
- (anatomy)ulna
- Synonym:cúbit
FromLatinulna.
ulna f (pluralulnas)
- (anatomy)ulna
- Synonym:cúbito
- cubit (unit of length)
FromLatinulna.
ulna m (genitive singularulna,nominative pluralulnaí)
- (anatomy)ulna
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ulna”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN
- “ulna”, inNew English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge,2013–2025
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ulna”, inEnglish-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
FromLatinulna.
ulna f (pluralulne)
- (anatomy)ulna
- Synonym:cubito
FromProto-Italic*olenā, presumably fromProto-Indo-European*Heh₃l(e)n-, from the root*Heh₃l-(“to bend”), although this reconstruction remains uncertain.[1] Related toOld Armenianուլն(uln,“neck”),Gothic𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰(aleina,“cubit”),Old Church Slavonicланита(lanita,“cheek”),Ancient Greekὠλένη(ōlénē,“elbow”),Sanskritअणि(aṇi,“the point of a needle”),Albanianllërë(“upper arm”),Welshelin(“forearm; elbow”).
ulna f (genitiveulnae);first declension(poetic)
- (anatomy)elbow-bone,ulna
- (pars pro toto)arm
maternis in ulnis- in mother's arms
- alinear measure,cubit,ell
First-declension noun.
- →? Proto-Albanian:*ulnā
- → Catalan:ulna(learned)
- → English:ulna
- → Galician:ulna(learned)
- → Italian:ulna(learned)
- → Portuguese:ulna(learned)
- → Spanish:ulna(learned)
- “ulna”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ulna”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ulna inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “ulna”, inWilliam Smith et al., editor (1890),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- ^Zair, Nicholas (2012)The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill,→ISBN, page23
FromLatinulna(“elbow”).
ulna f (pluralulnas)
- (anatomy, Brazil)ulna
- Synonym:cúbito(Portugal)
FromLatinulna.
- IPA(key): /ˈulna/[ˈul.na]
- Rhymes:-ulna
- Syllabification:ul‧na
ulna f (pluralulnas)
- (anatomy)ulna
- Synonym:cúbito
