uillin

uillin

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish uilen (compare Irish uillinn).

Noun

uillin f (genitive singular uillinagh, plural uiljyn)

1. (anatomy) elbow, crook
2. elbow joint
3. angle, corner
4. nudge

Derived terms

• co-uillin (“isogon”)
• gy-huillin, gys yn uillin (“elbow-high”)
• lauean uillinagh (“elbow-glove”)
• olt ny huillin, kiangle uillinagh (“elbow-joint”)
• scughey uillinagh (“displacement”)
• tackish uillin (“elbow-rest”)
• uillin aailley (“reflex angle”)
• uillinagh (“jostling, angled, angular”)
• uillinaght (“angularity”)
• uillin cherrinagh (“square elbow”)
• uillinee (“to jostle, elbow”)
• uillin er uillin (“arm in arm”)
• uillin ghaa-heedragh (“dihedral”)
• uillin ghear (“sharp angle”)
• uillin gheyre (“acute angle”)
• uillin-howsheyder (“protractor”)
• uillin huittym (“angle of incidence”)
• uillin loghtagh (“hade”)
• uillin sthie (“interior angle”)
• uillin-towsheyder (“theodolite, sextant”)
• uillin veayl (“obtuse angle”)
• uillin virragh (“acute angle”)
• uillin y howse (“to take an angle”)

 

References

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “uilen”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN