Korean

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Etymology 1

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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 ᄑᆡ이〮다〮 (Yale: phòyGí-tá).

(pa-, to dig) + (-i-, passive suffix) + (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms).

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?paida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?paida
McCune–Reischauer?p'aida
Yale Romanization?phaita

Verb

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Korean verb set
Base 파다 (pada)
Causative패다 (paeda)
Passive파이다 (paida)

파이다 (paida) (infinitive 파여 or 파이어, sequential 파이니)

  1. to be dug into; to become dug
    자리 구멍 파였다.
    Geu jari-e gumeong-i payeotda.
    A hole was dug in that place.
  2. to be engraved; to be carved
    비석 이름 파여 있다.
    Biseog-e ireum-i payeo itda.
    A name is carved into the stele.
  3. (of clothes) to be cut low
    너무 파여서 가슴골 보인다.
    Os-i neomu payeoseo gaseumgor-i boinda.
    Her clothes are cut so low that you can see her cleavage.
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Etymology 2

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(pa, meaning unknown) or 파이 (pai, meaning unknown) + -이다 (-ida, “to be”).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?paida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?paida
McCune–Reischauer?p'aida
Yale Romanization?phaita
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent [high-pitch in red]: 파이

Adjective

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파이다 (paida) (infinitive 파여 or 파이어, sequential 파이니) (Gyeongsang)

  1. (usually of an object) to be unsatisfactory; to be of poor quality; to be bad
    괴기 파이다. (Gyeongsang dialect, Changwon)
    I goegi-neun paida.
    This meat is bad.
  2. (of a situation) to be hopeless