ulna
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Ulna
English
Etymology
From Latin ulna (“elbow”). Doublet of ell.
Pronunciation
Noun
- (anatomy) The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.
- Synonym: elbow bone
Derived terms
Translations
bone of the forearm
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Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ulna f (plural ulnes)
Further reading
- “ulna” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
Noun
ulna f (plural ulnas)
Further reading
- “ulna” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Irish
Etymology
Noun
ulna m (genitive singular ulna, nominative plural ulnaí)
Declension
Declension of ulna
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ulna | n-ulna | hulna | t-ulna |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ulna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “ulna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- Entries containing “ulna” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ulna f (plural ulne)
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *olenā, presumably from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l(e)n-, from the root *Heh₃l- (“to bend”), although this reconstruction remains uncertain. Related to Old Armenian ուլն (uln, “neck”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina, “cubit”), Old Church Slavonic ланита (lanita, “cheek”), Ancient Greek ὠλένη (ōlénē, “elbow”), Sanskrit अणि (aṇi, “the point of a needle”), Albanian llërë (“upper arm”), Welsh elin (“forearm; elbow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ulna f (genitive ulnae); first declension (poetic)
- (anatomy) elbow-bone, ulna
- (pars pro toto) arm
- maternis in ulnis
- in mother's arms
- a linear measure, cubit, ell
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ulna | ulnae |
| Genitive | ulnae | ulnārum |
| Dative | ulnae | ulnīs |
| Accusative | ulnam | ulnās |
| Ablative | ulnā | ulnīs |
| Vocative | ulna | ulnae |
Descendants
- →? Proto-Albanian: *ulnā
- → Catalan: ulna (learned)
- → English: ulna
- → Galician: ulna (learned)
- → Italian: ulna (learned)
- → Portuguese: ulna (learned)
- → Spanish: ulna (learned)
References
- “ulna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ulna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ulna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “ulna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ulna f (plural ulnas)
Hypernyms
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ulna f (plural ulnas)
Further reading
- “ulna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014