감다

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

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

This verb is connected to a wide range of ideophones; see more on ᄀᆞᆷᄌᆞᆨ (Yale: komcok).

감다 • (gamda) (infinitive 감아, sequential 감으니)

1. (transitive) to close one's eyes

   Antonym: 뜨다 (tteuda, “to open one's eyes”)

   눈을 감다 ― nun-eul gamda ― to close one's eyes

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄀᆞᆷ〮다〮 (Yale: kóm-tá).

감다 • (gamda) (infinitive 감아, sequential 감으니)

1. (transitive) to wash hair

   머리를 감다 ― meori-reul gamda ― to wash (one's) hair

First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 감〯다〮 (Yale: kǎm-tá).

감다 • (gamda) (infinitive 감아, sequential 감으니)

1. (transitive) to wind around, to coil

   상처에 붕대를 감다 ― sangcheo-e bungdae-reul gamda ― to wrap a bandage around a wound