holy

Etymology
From, , from , , from , from , from , from , equivalent to and a doublet of later wholly.

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Adjective

 * 1) Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.
 * I'm planning to visit the holy city of Jerusalem this Christmas.
 * 1) Revered in a religion.
 * 2) Morally perfect or flawless, or nearly so.
 * 3) Separated or set apart from (something unto something or someone else).
 * 4) Set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose, or for use by a single entity or person.
 * 5)  Used as an intensifier in various interjections.
 * Holy cow, I can’t believe he actually lost the race!
 * Those children next door are holy terrors!
 * Holy cow, I can’t believe he actually lost the race!
 * Those children next door are holy terrors!

Translations

 * Aghwan: 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙
 * Albanian:
 * Amharic: ቅዱስ
 * Arabic: مُقَدَّس
 * Egyptian Arabic: مقدس
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: sãntu, sãmtu
 * Azerbaijani: müqəddəs
 * Bashkir: мөҡәддәс
 * Belarusian: святы́, свяшчэ́нны
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, , ,
 * Chagatai: مقدس
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dalmatian: suant
 * Danish: hellig
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: sankta
 * Estonian: püha
 * Faroese: heilagur, halgur
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: sant
 * Galician: ,
 * Ge'ez: ቅዱስ
 * Georgian: წმინდა
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἅγιος, ἱερός, ὅσιος
 * Greenlandic: illernartoq
 * Guaraní:
 * Hebrew:, קדושה
 * Hidatsa: xubáa
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Hunsrik: heilich
 * Icelandic:, helgur
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: beannaithe, naofa
 * Istriot: santo
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kashubian: swiãti
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: šventas
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian: свет
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Maori:
 * Mari: шнуй
 * Navajo: diyin
 * Norman: saint
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan:
 * Old Occitan: sant
 * Old Church Slavonic: свѧтъ
 * Old English: hāliġ
 * Ottoman Turkish: مقدس
 * Persian:, اسپنتا,
 * Plautdietsch: heilich
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Rapa Nui: tapu
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: sontg, sogn, son, sench, sonch
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian: santu
 * Scots: haly
 * Scottish Gaelic: naomh, coisrigte
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: свет
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: svätý
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: swěty
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tatar: мөкаддәс
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: mukaddes
 * Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎄𐎌
 * Ukrainian: святи́й, свяще́нний
 * Urdu:
 * Uyghur: مۇقەددەس
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian: santo
 * Vietnamese: (聖),
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: הייליק
 * Yup'ik: tanqilria


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: святы́, свяшчэ́нны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Faroese: heilagur
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἅγιος
 * Greenlandic: iluartoq
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: naofa
 * Italian:
 * Lakota: wakȟáŋ
 * Latin: ,
 * Macedonian: свет
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori:
 * Navajo: diyin
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Old Church Slavonic: свѧтъ
 * Old English: hāliġ
 * Plautdietsch: heilich
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: willka
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: haly
 * Scottish Gaelic: naomh
 * Slovak: svätý
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: swěty
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: святи́й, свяще́нний
 * Welsh:
 * Yup'ik: tanqilria


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Finnish:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * Rapa Nui: tapu


 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, קדושה
 * Latin:
 * Scottish Gaelic: coisrigte


 * Faroese: halga
 * Finnish:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Turkish: be mübarek


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Esperanto:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Maltese:, , , , ,
 * Old English:
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Latin:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: ,

Interjection

 * 1)  An expression of astonishment and awe.

Usage notes

 * When spoken aloud, the first syllable is elongated ("Hoooly!") and stress is placed on the second syllable.

Noun

 * 1)  A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew:
 * Macedonian: светиња, светост
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:

Etymology 1
From, from , from ; equivalent to.

Adjective

 * 1) Dedicated to or separated for a religious purpose; sacred, consecrated.
 * 2) Characterized by virtue or perfection.

Noun

 * 1) The state of being ; holiness.
 * 2) One who is sanctified or made holy; a saint, hallow
 * 3) A sacred place; a sanctuary

Etymology 2
From.

Adjective

 * 1) Full of holes or cavities; porous, spongy; hollow.