얻다

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 얻〯다〮 (Yale: ět.tá).

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

얻다 • (eotda) (infinitive 얻어, sequential 얻으니)

1. to get, to receive, to obtain, to have (an object)

   그는 런던에 새로 문을 여는 한 회사에서 광고 부문 중역으로서의 일자리를 얻었다.

   Geu-neun reondeon-e saero mun-eul yeoneun han hoesa-eseo gwanggo bumun jung'yeogeuroseo-ui iljari-reul eodeotda.

   He got a new position as advertising executive for a new firm opening in London.

2. to borrow
3. to win (someone's heart), to receive (criticism, praise, reputation)
4. to get sick
5. to rent
6. obtain the right or property
7. to hire a worker
8. take a son-in-low or daughter-in-law, to win possession of a mate, to have a baby

• 받다 (batda, “to receive”)

Of native Korean origin.

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얻다 • (eotda)

1. An abbreviation of 어디에다 (eodieda).