אוּנְקְלַי I, אָנְקְלַי f. (אנק, with ל format.; = אוּנְקַי; corresp. to b. h. לוּלַי; Greek adapt. ἀγκολη, LXX Ex. XXVI, 10; cmp. אוֹנִי as to contact of the two languages) prop. little (camel’s) neck, hence
אוּנְקְלַי I, hook, rack. Kel. XII, 2 א׳ של כתפין Ar. (ed. אונקליות, אונקלין with adject. in the sing., corr. acc.) the carriers’ hook attached to their yoke, pole &c. Ib. א׳ של דרגש the hook of the bedstead (used for fastening the girths to the posts); של נקליטין the rack of the bed-curtain, v. נַקְלִיטִין. Ib. 3 א׳ שבכותלים hook attached to walls.—T’bul Yom IV, 6 ואנ׳ שלהם קיימת and the hook (attached to the now broken yoke) remained unimpaired; a. fr.—Pl. אוּנְקְלָאוֹת, אָנְקְ׳, (אונקלין) אוּנְקְלִיּוֹת. Tam. III, 5; Mid. III, 5; a. fr.—Kel. l. c.; Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. II, 4; v. אוּנְקַי.
אוּנְקְלַי I, [cmp. ἀγκαλίς in S.] the load carried on the hook, the farmer’s load of sheaves or bunches; cmp. בלונקי. Tosef. Maas. Sh. IV, 10. כל הא׳ the whole load. [Ib. 11 אונקולין, אונקלי, read with ed. Zuck. אינפולי].
אוּנְקְלַי I, Trnsf. (medic.) bent cartilage, esp. the cartilage (cart. ensiformis) at the end of the sternum which, being bent inside, presses on the stomach and creates nausea &c. Ab. Zar. 29ᵃ מעלין א׳ וכ׳ you are permitted to lift the cartilage on the Sabbath (by means of a bandage &c.). Ib. מאי א׳ וכ׳ what unklay is meant? Ans. the cartilage in front of the heart; v. אִיסְתּוֹמְכָא.
