aililiú

Irish

Etymology

From Latin allelūia, from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (hal'lúyah, “praise God”).

Noun

aililiú m (genitive singular aililiú, nominative plural aililiúnna)

1. alleluia, hallelujah

Declension

Declension of aililiú (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aililiú aililiúnna vocative a aililiú a aililiúnna genitive aililiú aililiúnna dative aililiú aililiúnna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aililiú na haililiúnna genitive an aililiú na n-aililiúnna dative leis an aililiú don aililiú leis na haililiúnna

Interjection

aililiú!

1. good gracious!

Mutation

Mutated forms of aililiú

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aililiú	n-aililiú	haililiú	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aililiú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN