Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Samgang haengsildo (三綱行實圖 / 삼강행실도), 1511, as Middle Korean 믈리티다 (Yale: mullithita). Equivalent to 무르— (mureu-) + —이— (-i-) + 치— (chi-) + —다 (-da).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mullichida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mullichida
McCune–Reischauer?mullich'ida
Yale Romanization?mulli.chita

Verb edit

물리치다 (mullichida) (infinitive 물리쳐 or 물리치어, sequential 물리치니)

  1. (transitive) to refuse; to turn down
  2. (transitive) to drive away; to repel
  3. (transitive) to defeat; to beat

Conjugation edit