# ulna
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʌlnə/
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### Noun

ulna (plural ulnae or ulnas)
* (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

* ulnar

#### See also

* radius

### Anagrams

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

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ulna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈul.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈul.na]

### Noun

ulna f (plural ulnes)
* (anatomy) ulna
    Synonym: cúbit

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin ulna.

### Noun

ulna f (plural ulnas)
* (anatomy) ulna
    Synonym: cúbito
* cubit (unit of length)

### Further reading

* “ulna”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ulna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Irish
### Etymology

From Latin ulna.

### Noun

ulna m (genitive singular ulna, nominative plural ulnaí)
* (anatomy) ulna

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
ulna
ulnaí
vocative
a ulna
a ulnaí
genitive
ulna
ulnaí
dative
ulna
ulnaí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an t-ulna
na hulnaí
genitive
an ulna
na n-ulnaí
dative
leis an ulna don ulna
leis na hulnaí :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ulna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* “ulna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ulna”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin ulna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈul.na/
* Rhymes: -ulna
* Hyphenation: ùl‧na

### Noun

ulna f (plural ulne)
* (anatomy) ulna
    Synonym: cubito

#### Related terms

* ulnare

### Anagrams

* Luna, luna

## 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

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈul.na/, [ˈʊɫ̪nä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈul.na/, [ˈulnä]

### Noun

ulna f (genitive ulnae); first declension (poetic)
* (anatomy) elbow-bone, ulna
* (pars pro toto) arm
    maternis in ulnisin mother's arms
* a linear measure, cubit, ell

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### 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
* ↑ 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

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈuw.nɐ/ [ˈuʊ̯.nɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈuw.nɐ/ [ˈuʊ̯.nɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈuw.na/ [ˈuʊ̯.na]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈul.nɐ/ [ˈuɫ.nɐ]

### Noun

ulna f (plural ulnas)
* (anatomy, Brazil) ulna
    Synonym: cúbito (Portugal)

#### Hypernyms

* osso

#### See also

* cotovelo

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin ulna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈulna/ [ˈul.na]
* Rhymes: -ulna
* Syllabification: ul‧na

### Noun

ulna f (plural ulnas)
* (anatomy) ulna
    Synonym: cúbito

### Further reading

* “ulna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10