uillin

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word uillin. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word uillin, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say uillin in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word uillin you have here. The definition of the word uillin will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofuillin, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish uilen (compare Irish uillinn).

Noun

uillin f (genitive singular uillinagh, plural uiljyn)

Derived terms

co-uillin (“isogon”)
gy-huillin, gys yn uillin (“elbow-high”)
lauean uillinagh (“elbow-glove”)
olt ny huillin, kiangle uillinagh (“elbow-joint”)
scughey uillinagh (“displacement”)
tackish uillin (“elbow-rest”)
uillin aailley (“reflex angle”)
uillin cherrinagh (“square elbow”)
uillin er uillin (“arm in arm”)
uillin ghaa-heedragh (“dihedral”)
uillin ghear (“sharp angle”)
uillin gheyre (“acute angle”)
uillin huittym (“angle of incidence”)
uillin loghtagh (“hade”)
uillin sthie (“interior angle”)
uillin veayl (“obtuse angle”)
uillin virragh (“acute angle”)
uillin y howse (“to take an angle”)
uillinagh (“jostling, angled, angular”)
uillinaght (“angularity”)
uillinee (“to jostle, elbow”)
uillin-howsheyder (“protractor”)
uillin-towsheyder (“theodolite, sextant”)

References

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uilen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia