개
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KoreanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
개객갞갟갠갡갢 갣갤갥갦갧갨갩 갪갫갬갭갮갯갰 갱갲갳갴갵갶갷 | |
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SyllableEdit
개 • (gae)
Etymology 2Edit
First attested in the Worin cheongangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 가히 (Yale: kahi). Jilin leishi (雞林類事) rendered it as middle Chinese 家稀.
The prefix derives from the noun; compare to English bitch.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kɛː] ~ [ke̞ː]
- Phonetic hangeul: [개ː/게ː]
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South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 개의 / 개에 / 개까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.
NounEdit
SynonymsEdit
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PrefixEdit
개— • (gae-)
- wild; worthless; of inferior quality
- (vulgar, slang) fucking (as an intensifier)
- 진짜 개좋다.
- Jinjja gaejota.
- It's really fucking good.
Usage notesEdit
The prefix traditionally has a disparaging meaning only, but in modern slang it is used as a general vulgar intensifier regardless of the semantics involved.
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 개 (Yale: kay).
PronunciationEdit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kɛ] ~ [ke̞]
- Phonetic hangeul: [개/게]
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NounEdit
개 • (gae)
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- 갯가 (gaetga, “strandline”)
Etymology 4Edit
Sino-Korean word from 個/箇 (“classifier for people or objects”)
CounterEdit
개 • (gae)
- item; piece (general counter for objects)
- 사과 3(세)개.
- Sagwa 3(se)gae.
- Three apples
- 몇 개 필요해요?
- Myeot gae piryohaeyo?
- How many (things) do you need?
Alternative formsEdit
Etymology 5Edit
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
SyllableEdit
개 (gae)
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Etymology 6Edit
PronunciationEdit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kɛ] ~ [ke̞]
- Phonetic hangeul: [개/게]
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SuffixEdit
—개 • (-gae)
- an agentive suffix
ReferencesEdit
- Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin-guk daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, inmyeong-yonghanjapyo). [1]