elin

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).

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

elin m (dual dewelin, plural elinnyow)

1. elbow

• IPA^(key): /ˈelin/, [ˈe̞lin]
• Rhymes: -elin
• Syllabification^(key): e‧lin

elää (“to live”) +‎ -in (instrumental suffix). Coined by Finnish folklorist and linguist Daniel Europaeus in 1853.

elin

1. organ (larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions)
   1. (euphemistic) penis

      Synonyms: see siitin

2. body (organisation, company or other authoritative group, such as a governmental body)

• “elin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

elin

1. first-person singular past indicative of elää

• lein, neli, neli-

elin m or n (feminine singular elină, masculine plural elini, feminine and neuter plural eline)

1. Alternative form of elen

From Old Welsh elinou, from Proto-Celtic *olīnā (“elbow; angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bend”).

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

elin f (plural elinoedd or elinau)

1. (anatomy) elbow

   Synonym: penelin

2. (anatomy) forearm

   Synonym: rhagfraich

3. angle, bend

• penelin (“elbow”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “elin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies