Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 그르다〮 (Yale: kùlù-tá).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geureuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geuleuda
McCune–Reischauer?kŭrŭda
Yale Romanization?kuluta

Adjective edit

그르다 (geureuda) (infinitive 글러, sequential 그르니)

  1. to be improper, to be wrong, to be incorrect (nowadays especially in a moral sense)
    Synonym: 그릇되다 (geureutdoeda)
    Antonym: 옳다 (olta)
    옳고 그름olko geureumright and wrong
    대신 어명 그른 알면서도 충실히 따랐다.
    Daesin-eun eomyeong-i geureun jur-eul almyeonseodo chungsil-hi ttaratda.
    The grand minister, even while knowing that the royal command was wrong, followed it faithfully.

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Verb edit

그르다 (geureuda) (infinitive 글러, sequential 그르니)

  1. (intransitive, chiefly in the past tense or infinitive) to become hopeless, to become done for, to become nasty and unsuitable
    Synonym: (dialectal) 파이다 (paida)
    글러먹은 인간이다.
    Na-neun geulleomeogeun in'gan-ida.
    I am a person who is done for.
    시험 공부 하나 해서 오늘 잠자기 글렀다.
    Siheom gongbu-reul hana-do an haeseo oneul jamjagi-neun geulleotda.
    Since I didn't study at all for the exams, there's no way I'll get any sleep tonight.

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