Middle Korean

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Etymology

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From 잋다 (ich-ta, to weary) +‎ (-pu-, adjective-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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잇브다〮 (ìspùtá) (infinitive 잇버〮 (ìspé), sequential 잇브니〮 (ìspùní))

  1. to be tired, to be weary, to be exhausted
    Synonym: 슈고(受苦)롭다 (syukwo-lwopta)
    • 1459, 月印釋譜 / 월인석보 [Worin seokbo], page 21b:115b:
      (쥬ᇰ〮)(ᄉᆡᇰ)ᄋᆞᆯ〮 (또〮)(퇄〮)ᄒᆞ〮샤〮 잇부〮믈〮 마〯디〮 아니〮 ᄒᆞ〮시〮ᄂᆞ니〮
      CYÚNG.SÒYNG-ól TTWÓ.THWÁL-hósyá ìspwúm-úl mǎtí àní hósínòní
      He liberates the sentient beings from craving, he does not refrain from being weary [for this task]

Usage notes

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  • This term was already becoming less used for at least some speakers by the 1580s, when a republished edition of an earlier work revised it to the more familiar loanword 슈고롭다 (syukwo-lwopta), from Chinese 受苦 (MC dzyuwX khuX, “suffer”). On the other hand, it continues to be attested into the late nineteenth century.
  • The irregular conjugation 잇〮분〯 (íspwǔn), with high pitch in the first syllable, is attested in Worin seokbo 22:109a.

Descendants

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  • Early Modern Korean: 잇부다 (ispwuta)