잡다

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Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?japda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jabda
McCune–Reischauer?chapta
Yale Romanization?capta

Verb

잡다 (japda) (infinitive 잡아, sequential 잡으니)

  1. (transitive) to take, to hold, to grab, to seize, to arrest
    Antonyms: 놓다 (nota), 놓치다 (notchida)
  2. (transitive) to catch, to seize
    Synonyms: 붙잡다 (butjapda), 붙들다 (butdeulda)
  3. (transitive) to slaughter, to butcher, to kill (an animal)
  4. (transitive) to occupy, to take up, to seize, to take
  5. (transitive) to manage, to arrange, to reserve, to settle
  6. (transitive) to extinguish

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See also

similar-sounding verbs

  • 줍다 (jupda, “to pick up (what is dropped or scattered), to gather”)
  • 접다 (jeopda, “to fold”)
  • 쥐다 (jwida, “to grasp, to grip”)
  • 집다 (jipda, “to pick up (selectively), to take up, to tong”)

similar semantics

  • 사냥 (sanyang, “hunting, shooting”)
  • 쫓다 (jjotda, “to chase”)
  • 찾다 (chatda, “to search”)

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