ulna

From Latin ulna (“elbow”). Doublet of ell.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌlnə/

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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

• ulnar

• radius

• Alun, An-lu, Anlu, Lu'an, Luna, auln, luan, luna, ulan, unal

Borrowed from Latin ulna.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈul.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈul.na]

ulna f (plural ulnes)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: cúbit

• “ulna” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Latin ulna.

ulna f (plural ulnas)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: cúbito

• “ulna”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

From Latin ulna.

ulna m (genitive singular ulna, nominative plural ulnaí)

1. (anatomy) ulna

• 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.

From Latin ulna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈul.na/
• Rhymes: -ulna
• Hyphenation: ùl‧na

ulna f (plural ulne)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: cubito

• ulnare

• Luna, luna

From Proto-Italic *olenā, 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”), Sanskrit अणि (aṇi, “the point of a needle”), Albanian llërë (“upper arm”), Welsh elin (“forearm; elbow”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈul.na/, [ˈʊɫ̪nä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈul.na/, [ˈulnä]

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

First-declension noun.

• →? Proto-Albanian: *ulnā
• → Catalan: ulna (learned)
• → English: ulna
• → Galician: ulna (learned)
• → Italian: ulna (learned)
• → Portuguese: ulna (learned)
• → Spanish: ulna (learned)

• “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

From Latin ulna (“elbow”).

ulna f (plural ulnas)

1. (anatomy, Brazil) ulna

   Synonym: cúbito (Portugal)

• osso

• cotovelo

From Latin ulna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈulna/ [ˈul.na]
• Rhymes: -ulna
• Syllabification: ul‧na

ulna f (plural ulnas)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: cúbito

• “ulna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014