저프다
Middle Korean
editEtymology
editFrom Old Korean 次弗 (*copu-l), equivalent to 젛다〮 (cèh-tá, “to fear”) + ᄫᅳ (-Wu-, adjective-deriving suffix).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edit저프다〮 (cèphùtá) (infinitive 저퍼〮, sequential 저프니〮)
- to be fearful, to be frightening
- to be fearful, to be in fear
- 1459, 月印釋譜 / 월인석보 [Worin seokbo], pages 4:38b—39a:
- 世界ㅅ 일〯ᄋᆞᆯ〮 보〮샤〮 아로〮미〮 훤ᄒᆞ〮시며〮 ᄯᅡᆺ〮 相이〮 드러〮치〮니〯
智慧 ᄇᆞᆯᄀᆞ샤〮 저푸〮미〮 업〯스〮시며〮 하ᄂᆞᆳ〮 부〮피〮 절로〮 우〯니〮- SYÉY.KÁY-s ǐl-ól pwósyá àlwóm-í hwuèn-hósìmyé stá-s SYÁNG-í tùléchínǐ
TÍ.HHYWUÉY pòlkòsyá cèphwúm-í ěpsúsìmyé hànól-s pwúp-í cèllwó ǔní - He saw the affairs of the world; his knowledge was clear; the earth's image trembled.
His wisdom was bright; he had no fears; the drum of heaven was beating by itself.
- SYÉY.KÁY-s ǐl-ól pwósyá àlwóm-í hwuèn-hósìmyé stá-s SYÁNG-í tùléchínǐ
Usage notes
editThe three adjectives all mean "to be fearful" and are largely synonymous, but there are nuanced differences:[1]
- 므ᅀᅴ〮엽다〮 (mùzúyyèptá) has a stronger connotation of physical fear and revulsion.
- 두립〮다〮 (twùlíptá) has a stronger connotation of a fear which causes one to be cautious.
- 저프다〮 (cèphùtá) has a stronger connotation of a fear of a supernatural entity.
References
edit- ^ 柳焦禧. "'무섭다'류 심리형용사에 대한 통시적 연구" [A diachronic study of the mwusepta-type psychological adjectives], (Ph.D. thesis, Hongik University, 2016).