Korean

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Etymology

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독(毒) (dok, poison) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives). From Middle Korean 독〮ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: twók-hòtá).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dokhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?doghada
McCune–Reischauer?tokhada
Yale Romanization?tok.hata

Adjective

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독하다 (dokhada) (infinitive 독해 or 독하여, sequential 독하니, hanja 毒하다)

  1. to be noxious; to be poisonous
  2. (of taste or smell) to be strong
  3. (figuratively, of a person) to be vicious
  4. (figuratively, of will) to be firm, to be resolute

Conjugation

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