아름답다

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Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 아ᄅᆞᆷ〮답다〮 (Yale: àlóm-tàptá), perhaps from 아ᄅᆞᆷ〮 (Yale: àlóm, “privateness; non-publicness”) + 답다〮 (Yale: tàptá, “to be as”, adjective-deriving suffix). The phonological match is exact, but the semantics are problematic. Other Middle Korean-based etymologies have been proposed but are unlikely due to Middle Korean pitch accent mismatches.[1] Beyond Middle Korean, it is usually connected to Old Korean 阿冬音 (*atolum, beauty?), a seventh-century hapax legomenon.

Cognate with 아리땁다 (arittapda). Compare 예쁘다 (yeppeuda), 어여쁘다 (eoyeoppeuda).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [a̠ɾɯmda̠p̚t͈a̠]
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  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?areumdapda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?aleumdabda
McCune–Reischauer?arŭmdapta
Yale Romanization?alumtapta

Adjective edit

아름답다 (areumdapda) (infinitive 아름다워, sequential 아름다우니)

  1. to be beautiful
    아름다운 여인 위해서 준비했어.
    I kkot-deur-eun areumdaun yeoin-deur-eul wihaeseo junbihaesseo-yo.
    I prepared these flowers for beautiful women.
    아름다운 세상
    areumdaun sesang
    beautiful world

Conjugation edit

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References edit

  1. ^ 민현식 (Min Hyeon-sik) (1992), “중세국어 성상부사의 연구(2) —평가부사를 중심으로—”, in Eohak yeon'gu[1], volume 28, issue 1