아름답다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 아ᄅᆞᆷ〮답다〮 (Yale: àlóm-tàptá), perhaps from 아ᄅᆞᆷ〮 (Yale: àlóm, “privateness; non-publicness”) + 답다〮 (Yale: tàptá, “to be as”, adjective-deriving suffix). The phonological match is exact, but the semantics are problematic. Other Middle Korean-based etymologies have been proposed but are unlikely due to Middle Korean pitch accent mismatches. Beyond Middle Korean, it is usually connected to Old Korean 阿冬音 (*atolum, beauty?), a seventh-century hapax legomenon.

Cognate with 아리땁다 (arittapda). Compare 예쁘다 (yeppeuda), 어여쁘다 (eoyeoppeuda).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?areumdapda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?aleumdabda
McCune–Reischauer?arŭmdapta
Yale Romanization?alumtapta

Adjective

아름답다 (areumdapda) (infinitive 아름다워, sequential 아름다우니)

  1. to be beautiful
    아름다운 여인 위해서 준비했어.
    I kkot-deur-eun areumdaun yeoin-deur-eul wihaeseo junbihaesseo-yo.
    I prepared these flowers for beautiful women.
    아름다운 세상
    areumdaun sesang
    beautiful world

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References

  1. ^ 민현식 (Min Hyeon-sik) (1992) “중세국어 성상부사의 연구(2) —평가부사를 중심으로— [jungsegugeo seongsangbusaui yeon'gu(2) -pyeonggabusareul jungsimeuro-]”, in Eohak yeon'gu, volume 28, number 1