aleluia

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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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aleluia, from Ecclesiastical Latin allelūia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (“Praise Yah”).

Pronunciation

 

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
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