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”)
  • uillin cherrinagh (“square elbow”)
  • uillin er uillin (“arm in arm”)
  • uillin ghaa-heedragh (“dihedral”)
  • uillin ghear (“sharp angle”)
  • uillin gheyre (“acute angle”)
  • uillin huittym (“angle of incidence”)
  • uillin loghtagh (“hade”)
  • uillin sthie (“interior angle”)
  • uillin veayl (“obtuse angle”)
  • uillin virragh (“acute angle”)
  • uillin y howse (“to take an angle”)
  • uillinagh (“jostling, angled, angular”)
  • uillinaght (“angularity”)
  • uillinee (“to jostle, elbow”)
  • uillin-howsheyder (“protractor”)
  • uillin-towsheyder (“theodolite, sextant”)

References
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