aleluia

Basque

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin allelūia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (“Praise Yah”).

Interjection

aleluia

1. (Christianity) hallelujah! (exclamation of praise to God)

Noun

aleluia inan

1. (Christianity, music) hallelujah; alleluia (a liturgical song to praise God)

Declension

Declension of aleluia (inanimate, ending in -a)

	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], Euskaltzaindia
• “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]

• (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!

1. (Christianity) hallelujah! (exclamation of praise to God)
2. (informal) finally! at last! about time (expresses that something took too long to occur)

Noun

aleluia f (plural aleluias)

1. (Christianity, music) hallelujah; alleluia (a song of praise to God)
2. (Roman Catholicism) the part of the mass during which verses of praise to God are read
3. wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella, a white-flowered woodland plant)

   Synonyms: acetosela, azedinha, trevo-azedo

4. Senna multijuga, an ornamental tree of Brazil

   Synonyms: cobi, canudeiro

5. alate (winged form of an insect, especially of a termite)

Noun

aleluia m (plural aleluias)

1. 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

1. hallelujah