거룩하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be holy, sacred
Every form of 거룩하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 거룩한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 거룩해
- -으니Since
- 거룩하니
- 합니다Formal
- 거룩합니다
현재Present
The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 거룩해요 | 거룩합니다 | 거룩해 | 거룩하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 거룩했어요 | 거룩했습니다 | 거룩했어 | 거룩했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 거룩하겠어요 | 거룩하겠습니다 | 거룩하겠어 | 거룩하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 거룩할 거예요 | 거룩할 것입니다 | 거룩할 거야 | 거룩할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 거룩해요? | 거룩합니까? | 거룩해? | 거룩하니? |
| 과거Past | 거룩했어요? | 거룩했습니까? | 거룩했어? | 거룩했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 거룩해요 | 안 거룩합니다 | 안 거룩해 | 안 거룩하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 거룩하지 않아요 | 거룩하지 않습니다 | 거룩하지 않아 | 거룩하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 거룩하세요 | 거룩하십니다 | 거룩하셔 | 거룩하시다 |
| 과거Past | 거룩하셨어요 | 거룩하셨습니다 | 거룩하셨어 | 거룩하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 거룩한
- 과거Past
- 거룩한
- 미래Future
- 거룩할
- 회상Used to
- 거룩하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 거룩하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 거룩하게
- -어서so / and then
- 거룩해서
- -으니까since
- 거룩하니까
- -으면if / when
- 거룩하면
- -지만but
- 거룩하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 거룩한데
- -어도even if
- 거룩해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 거룩하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
왜냐하면, 이곳이 거룩한 곳이거든요. 물론 모든 증거는 정반대겠지만요.
Because this is holy ground, all evidence to the contrary.
거룩한 지혜는 창조의 원형적 형태였다.
Divine Wisdom was the archetypal form of creation.
그러므로 태어나실 그 거룩한 아기를 하느님의 아들이라 부르게 될 것이다.
So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
하나님의 뜻에 따라 거룩한 결혼 생활을 하겠습니까?
To live together after God's ordinance in a state of holy matrimony.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 거룩하다 in Korean?
거룩하다 (to be holy, sacred) is 거룩해요 in the polite 해요체, 거룩합니다 in formal 합니다체, 거룩해 in casual 반말 and 거룩하다 in the plain written style. The past is 거룩했어요.
What is the past tense of 거룩하다?
거룩했어요 in everyday polite speech, 거룩했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 거룩하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 거룩하다 irregular?
Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 거룩하여 and 거룩하니 but unchanged in 거룩합니다.
What TOPIK level is 거룩하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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