느끼다

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First attested in the Baengnyeon chohae (百聯抄解 / 백련초해), mid-16th century, as Middle Korean 늗기다 (Yale: nutkita).

느끼다 • (neukkida) (infinitive 느껴 or 느끼어, sequential 느끼니)

1. (transitive) to feel (emotion, sensation, etc.)

   추위를 느끼다 ― chuwi-reul neukkida ― to feel coldness

   행복을 느끼다 ― haengbog-eul neukkida ― to feel happiness

   중요하지 않다고 느끼다 ― jung'yohaji antago neukkida ― to feel it is not important

2. (intransitive, euphemistic, colloquial) to be aroused; to orgasm

느끼다 • (neukkida) (infinitive 느껴 or 느끼어, sequential 느끼니)

1. (dated or archaic) to sob, to weep

   Synonym: 흐느끼다 (heuneukkida)

• Only used immediately after an onomatopoeic ideophone of sobbing.
• Nowadays, the derived form 흐느끼다 (heuneukkida) (involving an initial fused ideophone) is used instead.