가늘다

Korean

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄀᆞ〮ᄂᆞᆯ다〮 (Yale: kónòl-tá).

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	ganeulda
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	ganeulda
McCune–Reischauer^?	kanŭlda
Yale Romanization^?	kanulta

가늘다 • (ganeulda) (infinitive 가늘어, sequential 가느니)

(of something long and thin) to be thin, to be slender
Antonym: 굵다 (gukda)
(of a voice or sound) to be weak, to be soft
Antonym: 굵다 (gukda)

가는 목소리 ― ganeun moksori ― soft voice

Selected forms of the adjective 가늘다 (ganeulda): consonant-stem, ㄹ(l)-irregular

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Plain (해라체)	Informal (해체)	Polite (해요체)	Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	가느시다 ganeusida	가느셔 ganeusyeo	가느세요, 가느셔요 ganeuseyo, ganeusyeoyo	가느십니다 ganeusimnida
Indicative	Past	가느셨다 ganeusyeotda	가느셨어 ganeusyeosseo	가느셨어요 ganeusyeosseoyo	가느셨습니다 ganeusyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	가느시냐 ganeusinya	가느셔 ganeusyeo	가느세요, 가느셔요 ganeuseyo, ganeusyeoyo	가느십니까 ganeusimnikka
Interrogative	Past	가느셨냐 ganeusyeonnya	가느셨어 ganeusyeosseo	가느셨어요 ganeusyeosseoyo	가느셨습니까 ganeusyeotseumnikka
Assertive		가느시겠다 ganeusigetda	가느시겠어 ganeusigesseo	가느시겠어요 ganeusigesseoyo	가느시겠습니다 ganeusigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		가느셔 ganeusyeo	가느셔서 ganeusyeoseo	가느시니 ganeusini	가느시니까 ganeusinikka
Contrast		가느시지만 ganeusijiman	가느신데 ganeusinde	가느시더니 ganeusideoni
Conjunction		가느시고 ganeusigo
Condition		가느시면 ganeusimyeon	가느셔야 ganeusyeoya
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		가느심 ganeusim	가느시기 ganeusigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		가느셨음 ganeusyeosseum	가느셨기 ganeusyeotgi
Determiners	Present		가느신 ganeusin
Determiners	Future		가느실 ganeusil

가늘게 먹고 가늘게 살라 (ganeulge meokgo ganeulge salla, “eat thin, live thin”), i.e. avoid excess luxury.
가늘게 먹고 가는 똥 싸라 (ganeulge meokgo ganeun ttong ssara, “eat thin, shit thin”), i.e. avoid excess desire.