Korean edit

Etymology edit

From the hanja (, heung, “cheerful, happy”) and the adjectival suffix —겹다 (-gyeopda).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈxɯ(ː)ŋɡjʌ̹p̚t͈a̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?heunggyeopda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?heunggyeobda
McCune–Reischauer?hŭnggyŏpta
Yale Romanization?hūngkyepta

Adjective edit

흥겹다 (heunggyeopda) (irregular, infinitive 흥겨워, sequential 흥겨우니)

  1. to be delightful; to be full of merriment.

Conjugation edit