거룩하다

to be holy, sacred

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
거룩한
아/어Infinitive
거룩해
-으니Since
거룩하니
합니다Formal
거룩합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 거룩해요거룩합니다거룩해거룩하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 거룩했어요거룩했습니다거룩했어거룩했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 거룩하겠어요거룩하겠습니다거룩하겠어거룩하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 거룩할 거예요거룩할 것입니다거룩할 거야거룩할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 거룩해요?거룩합니까?거룩해?거룩하니?
과거Past 거룩했어요?거룩했습니까?거룩했어?거룩했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 거룩해요안 거룩합니다안 거룩해안 거룩하다
-지 않다Not (long) 거룩하지 않아요거룩하지 않습니다거룩하지 않아거룩하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 거룩하세요거룩하십니다거룩하셔거룩하시다
과거Past 거룩하셨어요거룩하셨습니다거룩하셨어거룩하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
거룩한
과거Past
거룩한
미래Future
거룩할
회상Used to
거룩하던

Joining 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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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