-개

See also: 개

Korean

Alternative forms

• 게 (-ge)

Etymology

From Middle Korean 개 (Yale: -kay).

Suffix

개 • (-gae)

1. Attaches to verbal stems to derive agentive nouns.

   ‎지우 (jiu-, “to erase”) + ‎개 (-gae) → ‎지우개 (jiugae, “eraser”)

   ‎덮 (deop-, “to cover”) + ‎개 (-gae) → ‎덮개 (deopgae, “covering”)

Derived terms

Korean terms suffixed with -개