quia

Borrowed from Latin quia (“because”)

quia (not comparable)

1. (Lutheranism) Relating to the belief that the Book of Concord is authoritative because it faithfully describes the Christian faith as revealed in the Bible.

• quatenus

quia (not comparable)

1. In a quia manner.

Old neuter plural accusative case of quis, i.e. Proto-Indo-European *kʷih₂.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷi.a/, [ˈkᶣi.a]

quia

1. because, wherefore, for (as conjunction)
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Tobiae.1.23:

     Tobias vero cum filio suo et cum uxore fugiens nudus latuit quia multi diligebant eum

     But Tobias fleeing naked away with his son and with his wife, lay concealed, for many loved him.

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Tobiae.3.19:

     et aut ego indigna fui illis aut illi mihi forsitan digni non fuerunt quia forsitan viro alio conservasti me

     And either I was unworthy of them, or they perhaps were not worthy of me: because perhaps thou hast kept me for another man,

2. that
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Lucas.1.58:

     et audierunt vicini et cognati eius quia magnificavit Dominus misericordiam suam cum illa et congratulabantur ei

     Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.

Usually tells, like quod, of the determining reason; while quoniam introduces any casual circumstance.

• quianam

• Asturian: ca
• French: parce que
• Occitan: que, per que, perque
• Portuguese: ca
• Romanian: ca
• Spanish: ca

• quia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Palmer, L.R. (1906) The Latin Language, London, Faber and Faber

From ¡qué ha (de ser)!

• IPA^(key): /kja/

quia

1. (Spain) Denotes incredulity.

• “quia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.