여희다

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Middle Korean

Pronunciation

Verb

여희〮다〮 (yèhúytá) (infinitive 여희〮여〮 (yèhúyyé), sequential 여희〮니〮 (yèhúyní)) (transitive)

  1. to leave; to depart from; to bid farewell to
    • 1459, 月印釋譜/월인석보 [Worin seokbo], page 23:91b:
      (목〮)()아〮 오직〮 (치ᇙ〮)(워ᇙ〮)ㅅ 보롬〮 나래〮 ()()()()ᄅᆞᆯ〮 ᄒᆞ면〮 네 어〮미〮 가ᄒᆡ〮 모〮ᄆᆞᆯ〮 여희〮리라〮
      MWÓK.LYÈN-á wòcík CHÍLQ.WUÉLQ-s pwòlóm nàl-áy WÙ.LÀN.PPWÒN.CÁY-lól hòmyén nèy émí kàh-óy mwóm-ól yèhúylìlá
      O Maudgalyāyana! If only you should hold the Ghost Festival on the full moon of the seventh month, your mother will leave the body of a dog.
  2. to lose a loved one (by death or departure)
    • 16th century [c. 14th century], “ [Jeongseok-ga]”, in 樂章歌詞/악장가사 [Akjang gasa]:
      삭삭기 셰몰애 별헤 나ᄂᆞᆫ
      구은 밤 닷 되를 심고이다
      그 바미 우미 도다 삭 나거시아 []
      ()()ᄒᆞ신 님믈 여ᄒᆡᄋᆞ와 지ᅌᅵ다
      saksakki syeymwolGay pyelh-ey nanon
      kwuun pam tas twoy-lul simkwoita
      ku pam-i wum-i twota sak nakesia
      YU.TEK-hosin nim-ul yehuyowoa cingita
      On a dune of fine and cracking sand
      I planted five boxes of roasted chestnuts
      Should those chestnuts sprout shoots and buds
      I will want to depart from my fine-hearted beloved.

Descendants

  • Korean: 여의다 (yeouida, to be bereaved of; to be widowed, or for one's parents to pass away)