Noun: igreja
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | igreja |
| Plural f | igrejas |
Sample Sentences
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como ſṫa M de caſtro xerez guardou agente que sija na ygreia oyndo ſermon dũa traue que caeu de çima da ygreia ſobreles. (How holy Mary of Castrojeriz saved the people, who were in the church listening to the sermon, from a beam which fell from above the church on them.) [a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 266 ([[http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/facsimiles/E/478.html] facsimile])]
Nouns inflected like igreja
azỹeira,
alfarroba,
ymagen,
ygreja,
milgrãada,
berbeleta,
barriga,
estrolomia,
cavalaria,
paravra,
paravoa,
paravla,
palavra,
purgaminho,
bẽeyçõn,
bẽeiçon,
galinha,
galinna,
demanda,
saudade, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin ecclēsia (“church”), from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “congregation”). See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἐκκλησία'.
Verbs referencing "igreja"
Portuguese Nouns
igreja, Galician Nouns
igrexa.
Translations