holyとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English holi, hali, from 古期英語 hāliġ, hāleġ (“holy, consecrated, sacred, venerated, godly, saintly, ecclesiastical, pacific, tame”), from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, bringing health”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy, whole”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂ilus (“healthy, whole”), equivalent to whole +‎ -y. Cognate with Scots haly (“holy”), West Frisian hillich (“holy”), Low German hillig (“holy”), Dutch heilig (“holy”), German heilig (“holy”), Danish hellig (“holy”), Swedish helig (“holy”). More at whole.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊli/
• (米国発音) enPR: hōʹlē, IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊli/
• 韻: -əʊli
• 異形同音異義語: holey, wholly

形容詞

holy (comparative holier, superlative holiest)

1. Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.

   I'm planning to visit the holy city of Jerusalem this Christmas.

2. Revered in a religion.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

3. Morally perfect or flawless, or nearly so.

   My grandmother is a very holy woman.

4. Separated or set apart from (something unto something または someone else).
5. Set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose, or for use by a single entity or person.
6. (slang) 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!

同意語

• (dedicated to a religious purpose または a god): sacred
• (revered in a religion): sacred
• (perfect, flawless): faultless, flawless, perfect
• (separated または set apart from something): sanctified
• (set apart または dedicated for a specific purpose): reserved, special

反意語

• (revered in a religion): profane, secular, unholy, worldly
• (perfect, flawless): damaged, defective, faulty, flawed, imperfect
• (set apart または dedicated for a specific purpose): common

派生語

関連する語

• hallow
• hallowed

名詞

holy (複数形 holies)

1. (archaic) A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies.
   • 1882, Franz von Reber, Joseph Thacher Clarke, History of Ancient Art, p. 146:

     The holy of holies, a cubical space of ten cubits on the side, was separated from the larger antechamber by four columns, which were also covered with gold and stood upon silver sockets; they bore a second curtain of four colors.

派生語

• holiest of holies
• Holy of Holies

アナグラム

• hylo-