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 (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	aleluia	aleluia	aleluiak	aleluiok
ergative	aleluiak	aleluiak	aleluiek	aleluiok
dative	aleluiari	aleluiari	aleluiei	aleluioi
genitive	aleluiaren	aleluiaren	aleluien	aleluion
comitative	aleluiarekin	aleluiarekin	aleluiekin	aleluiokin
causative	aleluiarengatik	aleluiarengatik	aleluiengatik	aleluiongatik
benefactive	aleluiarentzat	aleluiarentzat	aleluientzat	aleluiontzat
instrumental	aleluiaz	aleluiaz	aleluiez	aleluiotaz
inessive	aleluiatan	aleluian	aleluietan	aleluiotan
locative	aleluiatako	aleluiako	aleluietako	aleluiotako
allative	aleluiatara	aleluiara	aleluietara	aleluiotara
terminative	aleluiataraino	aleluiaraino	aleluietaraino	aleluiotaraino
directive	aleluiatarantz	aleluiarantz	aleluietarantz	aleluiotarantz
destinative	aleluiatarako	aleluiarako	aleluietarako	aleluiotarako
ablative	aleluiatatik	aleluiatik	aleluietatik	aleluiotatik
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]

• (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)

Further reading

• “aleluia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “aleluia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic алелоуиꙗ (aleluija), from Ancient Greek ἀλληλούια (allēloúia), from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”).

Interjection

aleluia

1. hallelujah