alleluja

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Dutch

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Interjection

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alleluja

  1. Alternative form of halleluja

Noun

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alleluja n (plural alleluja's, diminutive allelujaatje n)

  1. Alternative form of halleluja

Italian

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Noun

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alleluja m (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of alleluia

Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin allēlūia,[1] from Hebrew הללויה.[2] First attested in 1522.[3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /al.lɛˈlu.ja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uja
  • Syllabification: al‧le‧lu‧ja

Interjection

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alleluja

  1. (Christianity, often reduplicated) hallelujah
    Synonym: hosanna

Noun

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alleluja n (indeclinable)

  1. (Christianity, music) hallelujah (song of praise to God)
    radosne allelujajoyous hallelujah
    słynne allelujafamous hallelujah
    uroczyste allelujaceremonial/solemn hallelujah
    wielkanocne allelujaEaster hallelujah
    śpiew allelujasinging a hallelujah
    śpiewać/zaśpiewać allelujato sing a hallelujah
  2. (Middle Polish, now only in set phrases, Christianity) Easter
    Synonym: Wielkanoc
    Wesołego alleluja!(Have a) happy Easter!

References

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  1. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alleluja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  2. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alleluja”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  3. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “alleluja”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

Further reading

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