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

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aililiú	n-aililiú	haililiú	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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