different between ulna vs cubital

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ln?/

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

Derived terms

• ulnar

Translations

See also

• radius

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?ul.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ul.na/

Noun

ulna f (plural ulnes)

1. (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)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: cúbito

Further reading

• “ulna” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Irish

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Noun

ulna m (genitive singular ulna, nominative plural ulnaí)

1. (anatomy) ulna

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "ulna" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “ulna” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Entries containing “ulna” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Noun

ulna f (plural ulne)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: cubito

Related terms

• ulnare

Anagrams

• luna

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *olen?, presumably from Proto-Indo-European *Heh?l(e)n-, from the root *Heh?l- (“to bend”), although this reconstruction remains uncertain. Related to Old Armenian ???? (uln, “neck”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (aleina, “cubit”), Old Church Slavonic ?????? (lanita, “cheek”), Ancient Greek ????? (?lén?, “elbow”), Sanskrit ??? (a?i, “the point of a needle”), Albanian llërë (“upper arm”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ul.na/, [????nä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ul.na/, [?uln?]

Noun

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

1. (anatomy) elbow-bone, ulna
2. (pars pro toto) arm

3. a linear measure, cubit, ell

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ?? Albanian: *uln?
• ? 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

From Latin ulna (“elbow”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?uw.na/

Noun

ulna f (plural ulnas)

1. (anatomy, Brazil) ulna

   Synonym: cúbito (Portugal)

Hypernyms

• osso

See also

• cotovelo

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ulna/, [?ul.na]

Noun

ulna f (plural ulnas)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: cúbito

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

cubit +? -al

Adjective

cubital (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna.
2. (entomology) Of or pertaining to the cubitus and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
3. Measured in cubits.
4. Of the length of a cubit.

Derived terms

• antecubital
• humerocubital
• postcubital

Translations

Noun

cubital (plural cubitals)

1. A sleeve covering the arm from the elbow to the hand.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Crabb to this entry?)

Romanian

Etymology

From French cubital

Adjective

cubital m or n (feminine singular cubital?, masculine plural cubitali, feminine and neuter plural cubitale)

1. cubital

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kubi?tal/, [ku.??i?t?al]

Adjective

cubital (plural cubitales)

1. cubital

Derived terms

Related terms

• cúbito

Further reading

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