그을다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Yeogeo yuhaebo (譯語類解補 / 역어유해보), 1775, as Early Modern Korean 그을다, from Middle Korean *그ᅀᅳᆯ다〮 (Yale: kùzùl-tá), not attested directly but found in the derived form 그ᅀᅳ리다 (Yale: kuzuli-ta) and the place name 그ᅀᅳᆷ셤〯 (Yale: Kùzùm-syěm, “darkening island”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geueulda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geueulda
McCune–Reischauer?kŭŭlda
Yale Romanization?kuulta

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 그을다 (geueulda)
Causative그을리다 (geueullida)
Passive그을리다 (geueullida)

그을다 (geueulda) (infinitive 그을어, sequential 그으니)

  1. to become suntanned; to become darkened by sunshine
  2. to become sooty; to become darkened by smoke or ash

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Substantive: 그을음 (geueureum, “soot”)