깨다

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄭᆡ〮다〮 (Yale: skóytá).

See also the etymology at Gyeongsang Korean 깨배다 (kkaebaeda).

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깨다 • (kkaeda) (infinitive 깨 or 깨어, sequential 깨니)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to regain consciousness; to wake up, to awake (from sleep, etc.)

   악몽 때문에 잠에서 깨다 / 잠을 깨다

   angmong ttaemun-e jam-eseo kkaeda / jam-eul kkaeda

   to wake up because of a nightmare

   자다가 깨니 꿈인가 생시인가 아득아득하다.

   Ja-daga kkaeni kkum-in-ga saengsi-in-ga adeugadeukhada.

   When I wake up, I don't know if it was a dream or reality.

2. (intransitive) to wear off, to clear (of alcohol, etc.)

   술이 깬다 ― sur-i kkaenda ― The alcohol wears off

3. (intransitive, figurative) to be enlightened (of a person)
4. (intransitive, figurative, North Korea) to be enlightened; to be progressive (of a society)

• (wake up): Typically waking up without having planned to do so. Compare 일어나다 (ireonada, “to get up; to wake up to start the day”).

First attested in the Neung'eomgyeong eonhae (楞嚴經諺解 / 능엄경언해), 1461, as Middle Korean ᄢᅢ다〮 (Yale: pskàytá).

Linguist S. Roberts Ramsey suggests that the verb was originally derived from the verb ᄇᆞᅀᆞ (Yale: pozo-, “to break, to shatter”) (> modern 부수다 (busuda)), explaining the unusual /psk-/ initial cluster which is believed to have formed (like other initial Middle Korean clusters) via the dropping of the minimal vowel o in earlier *posok-.

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깨다 • (kkaeda) (infinitive 깨 or 깨어, sequential 깨니)

1. to break; to smash; to shatter, to crack
2. to spoil; to disturb; to break
3. to break or beat a record

• 부수다 (busuda, “to break, to smash”)