ulna

English

Ulna

Etymology

From Latin ulna (elbow). Doublet of ell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʌlnə/

Noun

ulna (plural ulnae or ulnas)

  1. (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

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Pronunciation

Noun

ulna f (plural ulnes)

  1. (anatomy) ulna
    Synonym: cúbit

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Noun

ulna f (plural ulnas)

  1. (anatomy) ulna
    Synonym: cúbito

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Irish

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Noun

ulna m (genitive singular ulna, nominative plural ulnaí)

  1. (anatomy) ulna

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Noun

ulna f (plural ulne)

  1. (anatomy) ulna
    Synonym: cubito

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Latin

Etymology

Presumably from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l(e)n-, from the root *Heh₃l- (to bend), although this reconstruction remains uncertain.[1] Related to Old Armenian ուլն (uln, neck), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina, cubit), Old Church Slavonic ланита (lanita, cheek), Ancient Greek ὠλένη (ōlénē, elbow) and Sanskrit अणि (aṇi, the point of a needle).

Pronunciation

Noun

ulna f (genitive ulnae); first declension (poetic)

  1. (anatomy) elbow-bone, ulna
  2. (pars pro toto) arm
    maternis in ulnis
    in mother's arms
  3. a linear measure, cubit, ell

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ulna ulnae
Genitive ulnae ulnārum
Dative ulnae ulnīs
Accusative ulnam ulnās
Ablative ulnā ulnīs
Vocative ulna ulnae

Descendants

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
  1. Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 23

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ulna (elbow).

Pronunciation

Noun

ulna f (plural ulnas)

  1. (anatomy, Brazil) ulna
    Synonym: cúbito (Portugal)

Hypernyms

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈulna/

Noun

ulna f (plural ulnas)

  1. (anatomy) ulna
    Synonym: cúbito

Further reading

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