elin

See also: Elin and elin-

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *olīnā (“elbow; angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bend”). Cognate with Welsh elin, Breton ilin, Scottish Gaelic uileann, Irish uillinn; non-Celtic cognates include Latin ulna, Ancient Greek ὠλένη (ōlénē).

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈɛlɪn]

Noun

elin m (dual dewelin, plural elinnyow)

1. elbow

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Finnish

Etymology

el- +‎ -in

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: e‧lin
• IPA^(key): /ˈelin/

Noun

elin

1. organ of an organism
2. governmental body
3. member (penis)

Declension

Inflection of elin (Kotus type 33/kytkin, no gradation)
nominative		elin	elimet
genitive		elimen	elimien elinten
partitive		elintä	elimiä
illative		elimeen	elimiin
		singular	plural
nominative		elin	elimet
accusative	nom.	elin	elimet
	gen.	elimen
genitive		elimen	elimien elinten
partitive		elintä	elimiä
inessive		elimessä	elimissä
elative		elimestä	elimistä
illative		elimeen	elimiin
adessive		elimellä	elimillä
ablative		elimeltä	elimiltä
allative		elimelle	elimille
essive		elimenä	eliminä
translative		elimeksi	elimiksi
instructive		—	elimin
abessive		elimettä	elimittä
comitative		—	elimineen

Compounds

• elimensiirto
• koneenelin
• sisäelin
• sukupuolielin

Verb

elin

1. First-person singular indicative past form of elää.

Compounds

• elinkautinen
• elinkelpoinen
• elinkykyinen
• elinolosuhde
• elinolot
• elintaso
• elinvoima

Anagrams

• lein, neli

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *olīnā (“elbow; angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bend”). Cognate with Cornish elin, Breton ilin, Scottish Gaelic uileann, Irish uillinn; non-Celtic cognates include Latin ulna, Ancient Greek ὠλένη (ōlénē).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlɪn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈeːlɪn/, /ˈɛlɪn/

Noun

elin f (plural elinoedd or elinau)

1. (anatomy) elbow; forearm
2. angle, bend

Derived terms

• penelin (“elbow”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
elin	unchanged	unchanged	helin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “elin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014