aleluia
Basque
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin allelūia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (“Praise Yah”).
Interjection
aleluia
- (Christianity) hallelujah! (exclamation of praise to God)
Noun
aleluia inan
- (Christianity, music) hallelujah; alleluia (a liturgical song to praise God)
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | aleluia | aleluia | aleluiak |
| ergative | aleluiak | aleluiak | aleluiek |
| dative | aleluiari | aleluiari | aleluiei |
| genitive | aleluiaren | aleluiaren | aleluien |
| comitative | aleluiarekin | aleluiarekin | aleluiekin |
| causative | aleluiarengatik | aleluiarengatik | aleluiengatik |
| benefactive | aleluiarentzat | aleluiarentzat | aleluientzat |
| instrumental | aleluiaz | aleluiaz | aleluiez |
| inessive | aleluiatan | aleluian | aleluietan |
| locative | aleluiatako | aleluiako | aleluietako |
| allative | aleluiatara | aleluiara | aleluietara |
| terminative | aleluiataraino | aleluiaraino | aleluietaraino |
| directive | aleluiatarantz | aleluiarantz | aleluietarantz |
| destinative | aleluiatarako | aleluiarako | aleluietarako |
| ablative | aleluiatatik | aleluiatik | aleluietatik |
| partitive | aleluiarik | — | — |
| prolative | aleluiatzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “aleluia”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “aleluia”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- alleluia (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese aleluia, from Ecclesiastical Latin allelūia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (“Praise Yah”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.leˈluj.ɐ/ [a.leˈluɪ̯.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.leˈluj.a/ [a.leˈluɪ̯.a]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /a.lɛˈluj.ɐ/
Interjection
aleluia!
- (Christianity) hallelujah! (exclamation of praise to God)
- (informal) finally! at last! about time (expresses that something took too long to occur)
Noun
aleluia f (plural aleluias)
- (Christianity, music) hallelujah; alleluia (a song of praise to God)
- (Roman Catholicism) the part of the mass during which verses of praise to God are read
- wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella, a white-flowered woodland plant)
- Synonyms: acetosela, azedinha, trevo-azedo
- Senna multijuga, an ornamental tree of Brazil
- Synonyms: cobi, canudeiro
- alate (winged form of an insect, especially of a termite)
Noun
aleluia m (plural aleluias)
- hallelujah (an exclamation of hallelujah)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic алелоуиꙗ (aleluija), from Ancient Greek ἀλληλούια (allēloúia), from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”).
Interjection
aleluia