허옇다

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. Heavy variant of 하얗다 (hayata, “white”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈhɘ(ː)jʌ̹tʰa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [허(ː)여타]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	heoyeota
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	heoyeohda
McCune–Reischauer?	hŏyŏt'a
Yale Romanization?	hē.yehta

Adjective

허옇다 • (heoyeota) (irregular, infinitive 허예, sequential 허여니)

1. dimly white, pale, cloudy

   Antonym: 꺼멓다 (kkeomeota)

   허연 김 ― heoyeon gim ― white steam

   기름이 허옇게 굳다 ― gireum-i heoyeoke gutda ― hardened white oil

2. in swarms, crowds, flocks

   허옇게 모이다 ― heoyeoke moida ― gathered in a crowd

3. embarrassed, abashed, sheepish

   허옇게 되다 ― heoyeoke doeda ― to become embarrassed

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the adjective 허옇다 (heoyeota): consonant-stem, ㅎ(h)-irregular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	허옇다 heoyeota	허예 heoye	허예요 heoyeyo	허옇습니다 heoyeoseumnida
	Past	허옜다 heoyetda	허옜어 heoyesseo	허옜어요 heoyesseoyo	허옜습니다 heoyetseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	허여냐 heoyeonya	허예 heoye	허예요 heoyeyo	허옇습니까 heoyeoseumnikka
	Past	허옜냐 heoyennya	허옜어 heoyesseo	허옜어요 heoyesseoyo	허옜습니까 heoyetseumnikka
Assertive		허옇겠다 heoyeoketda	허옇겠어 heoyeokesseo	허옇겠어요 heoyeokesseoyo	허옇겠습니다 heoyeoketseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		허예 heoye	허예서 heoyeseo	허여니 heoyeoni	허여니까 heoyeonikka
Contrast		허옇지만 heoyeochiman	허연데 heoyeonde	허옇더니 heoyeoteoni
Conjunction		허옇고 heoyeoko
Condition		허여면 heoyeomyeon	허예야 heoyeya
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		허염 heoyeom	허옇기 heoyeoki
Past-tense verbal nouns		허옜음 heoyesseum	허옜기 heoyetgi
Determiners	Present		허연 heoyeon
	Future		허열 heoyeol

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Plain (해라체)	Informal (해체)	Polite (해요체)	Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	허여시다 heoyeosida	허여셔 heoyeosyeo	허여세요, 허여셔요 heoyeoseyo, heoyeosyeoyo	허여십니다 heoyeosimnida
	Past	허여셨다 heoyeosyeotda	허여셨어 heoyeosyeosseo	허여셨어요 heoyeosyeosseoyo	허여셨습니다 heoyeosyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	허여시냐 heoyeosinya	허여셔 heoyeosyeo	허여세요, 허여셔요 heoyeoseyo, heoyeosyeoyo	허여십니까 heoyeosimnikka
	Past	허여셨냐 heoyeosyeonnya	허여셨어 heoyeosyeosseo	허여셨어요 heoyeosyeosseoyo	허여셨습니까 heoyeosyeotseumnikka
Assertive		허여시겠다 heoyeosigetda	허여시겠어 heoyeosigesseo	허여시겠어요 heoyeosigesseoyo	허여시겠습니다 heoyeosigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		허여셔 heoyeosyeo	허여셔서 heoyeosyeoseo	허여시니 heoyeosini	허여시니까 heoyeosinikka
Contrast		허여시지만 heoyeosijiman	허여신데 heoyeosinde	허여시더니 heoyeosideoni
Conjunction		허여시고 heoyeosigo
Condition		허여시면 heoyeosimyeon	허여셔야 heoyeosyeoya
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		허여심 heoyeosim	허여시기 heoyeosigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		허여셨음 heoyeosyeosseum	허여셨기 heoyeosyeotgi
Determiners	Present		허여신 heoyeosin
	Future		허여실 heoyeosil

Synonyms

• 하얗다 (hayata) (light variant)
• 희다 (huida)