Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 낟ᄇᆞ다〮 (Yale: nàt-pò-tá), equivalent to unattested verb *낟다〮 (Yale: *nàt-tá) + ᄫᆞ (Yale: -Wo-, adjective-deriving suffix). Middle Korean meaning: "to be insufficient".

Later largely displaced 궂다〮 (Yale: kwùc-tá), the Middle Korean generic word for "bad", nowadays used mainly in reference to the weather and in idiomatic expressions. The original meaning was replaced by Sino-Korean 부족(不足)하다 (bujokhada, to be insufficient).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nappeuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?na'ppeuda
McCune–Reischauer?nappŭda
Yale Romanization?na.pputa

Adjective edit

나쁘다 (nappeuda) (infinitive 나빠, sequential 나쁘니)

  1. to be bad (various meanings)
    1. to be bad; to be unpleasant; to be disagreeable; to be of inferior quality
      Antonym: 좋다 (jota)
      기분 나쁜 gibun nappeun nalday with a bad mood
      나라 살기 나쁜 나라.
      I nara-neun salgi nappeun narada.
      This country is a bad country to live in.
    2. to be bad; to be evil; to be ill-natured
      Synonym: 악(惡)하다 (akhada)
      Antonyms: 좋다 (jota), 착하다 (chakhada)
      나쁜 인간nappeun in'ganbad fellow
    3. to be bad, to be immoral
      Antonyms: 좋다 (jota), 옳다 (olta)
      나쁜 하다nappeun jis-eul hadato do something bad
    4. to be in the wrong; to be (morally) blamable
      내가 나빴어.
      Naega nappasseo.
      It's my fault.
    5. to be bad, to be harmful
      Antonym: 좋다 (jota)
      날씨 농작물 나쁘다.
      I nalssi-neun nongjangmur-e nappeuda.
      This weather is bad for the crops.
    6. to be bad; to be frail; to be weak
      Antonym: 좋다 (jota)
      심장 나쁘다simjang-i nappeudato have a bad heart
  2. (archaic, original meaning) to be insufficient; to be inadequate
    Synonyms: 부족(不足)하다 (bujokhada), 모자라다 (mojarada)

Conjugation edit