기쁘다

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Korean

Etymology

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

Originally Middle Korean 기ᇧ다〮 (Yale: kìsk-tá, “to rejoice”) + (Yale: -pù-, adjective-deriving suffix), hence literally "rejoiceful; rejoice-worthy", but the original verb is obsolete and the word is now perceived as monomorphemic. 기껍다 (gikkeopda) is from the same etymon.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gippeuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gi'ppeuda
McCune–Reischauer?kippŭda
Yale Romanization?ki.pputa

Adjective

기쁘다 (gippeuda) (infinitive 기뻐, sequential 기쁘니)

  1. to be happy, to be glad

Conjugation