igreja – Portuguese noun declension

Portuguese noun forms of igreja

Noun: igreja
Gender: f Hyphenation:
Singular figreja
Plural figrejas

Sample Sentences

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese igreja, from Latin ecclēsia (“church”), from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “congregation”). Cognate with Galician igrexa, Spanish iglesia Catalan església, Occitan glèisa, French église, and Italian chiesa. Doublet of eclésia, a borrowing. See: Old Portuguese Nouns 'igreja', Old Portuguese Nouns 'igreja', Latin Nouns 'ecclēsia', Ancient Greek Nouns 'ἐκκλησία', Galician Nouns 'igrexa', Spanish Nouns 'iglesia', Catalan Nouns 'església', French Nouns 'église', Italian Nouns 'chiesa'.

Verbs referencing "igreja"

French Nouns église, Galician Nouns igrexa.

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