살리다

살 (sal-, “to live”) + 리 (-ri-, causative suffix) + 다 (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms).

First attested in the eighteenth century as a newly derived causative form of 살다 (salda, “to live”), displacing the Middle Korean causative verbs 살이〮다〮 (Yale: sàlGí-tá, “to cause to reside at a place”) and 사ᄅᆞ다〮 (Yale: sàlò-tá, “to bring to life; to rescue”).

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살리다 • (sallida) (infinitive 살려 or 살리어, sequential 살리니)

1. (transitive) causative of 살다 (salda, “to live”)
   1. to save, to rescue, to revive; to bring (back) to life; to spare (a life)

      Antonym: 죽이다 (jugida)

   2. to show or bring out (features (colour, taste, texture, etc.), character, etc.); to give life to (e.g. a drawing)

      Antonym: 죽이다 (jugida)

   3. to make use of (one's strength, experience, etc.)
   4. (chiefly as 먹여 살리다) to feed; to support (family, etc.)

Of native Korean origin.

살리다 • (sallida) (infinitive 살려 or 살리어, sequential 살리니)

1. (transitive, Pyongan) Synonym of 시집보내다 (sijipbonaeda, “to marry off one's child”)