벌겋다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Nammyeongjip eonhae (南明集諺解 / 남명집언해), 1482, as Middle Korean 벌〮거〮ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: pélkéhòtá). Related to 붉다 (bukda).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?beolgeota
Revised Romanization (translit.)?beolgeohda
McCune–Reischauer?pŏlgŏt'a
Yale Romanization?pēl.kehta

Adjective

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 벌겋다 (beolgeota)
Yang-form 발갛다 (balgata)
Consonant set
Plain 벌겋다 (beolgeota)
Intensive 뻘겋다 (ppeolgeota)

벌겋다 (beolgeota) (irregular, infinitive 벌게, sequential 벌거니)

  1. to be red (a kind of light red with a darkish hue)
    벌겋다nun-i beolgeotato have red eyes
    눈깔 벌겋다nunkkar-i beolgeotato do something in a frenzy
    서쪽 하늘 벌겋다.
    Seojjok haneur-i beolgeota.
    The western sky is aglow .

Conjugation