Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean ᄆᆡ치〮다〮 (Yale: mòyc-hí-tá).

(maet-) + (-hi-, passive suffix) + (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?maechida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?maejhida
McCune–Reischauer?maech'ida
Yale Romanization?mayc.hita

Verb

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Korean verb set
Base 맺다 (maetda)
Passive맺히다 (maechida)

맺히다 (maechida) (infinitive 맺혀 or 맺히어, sequential 맺히니) (intransitive)

  1. to form, bear (fruit), blossom, flower
    맺히다pi-ga maechidato be bruised (lit., "blood gathers")
  2. to rankle, endure, have deep-rooted or deep-seated (something)
    맺히다han-i maechidato have deep-seated resentment

Conjugation

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