그릇되다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Sinjeung yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576, as Middle Korean 그르되다 (Yale: kulu-twoyta), equivalent to 그릇 (geureut, falsely, wrongly) +‎ 되다 (-doeda, to become, light verb deriving passive verbs).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geureutdoeda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geuleusdoeda
McCune–Reischauer?kŭrŭttoeda
Yale Romanization?kulustoyta

Verb

그릇되다 (geureutdoeda) (infinitive 그릇돼 or 그릇되어, sequential 그릇되니)

  1. (intransitive) to become wrong (immoral); to become false; to become bad (a bad action, habit)
    속이는 그릇된 이다.
    Nam-eul sogineun ir-eun geureut-doen jis-ida.
    Deceiving people is wrong.

Conjugation