Korean edit

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeogyeonhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeog'yeonhada
McCune–Reischauer?chŏgyŏnhada
Yale Romanization?cek.yen.hata

Etymology 1 edit

적연(寂然) (jeogyeon, Sino-Korean root) +‎ 하다 (-hada, light verb deriving adjectives).

Adjective edit

적연하다 (jeogyeonhada) (infinitive 적연해 or 적연하여, sequential 적연하니, hanja 寂然하다)

  1. to be quiet; to be tranquil; to be forlorn
    Synonym: 고요하다 (goyohada)
    사색 잠길 있는 적연한 시간
    sasaeg-e jamgil su inneun jeogyeonhan sigan
    quiet moment when you can lose yourself in thought
    적연한 풍경 보고 절로 쓸쓸해진다.
    Jeogyeonhan punggyeong-eul bogo jeollo sseulsseulhae-jinda.
    Looking at the quiet landscape, you naturally become lonely.
  2. (of news of somebody) to be absent
    소식 적연하다.Geu-ui sosig-i jeogyeonhada.Nobody has any news of him.
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

적연(的然) (jeogyeon, certainly) +‎ 하다 (-hada, light verb deriving adjectives).

Adjective edit

적연하다 (jeogyeonhada) (infinitive 적연해 or 적연하여, sequential 적연하니, hanja 的然하다)

  1. (formal) to be certain
    Synonyms: 분명(分明)하다 (bunmyeonghada), 확실(確實)하다 (hwaksilhada)
Conjugation edit