즐겁다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 즐〮겁다〮 (Yale: cúlkèptá).

Probably from an older root 즑— (culk-, “happy”) and suffix —ㅸ— (-W-, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeulgeopda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeulgeobda
McCune–Reischauer?chŭlgŏpta
Yale Romanization?cul.kepta

Adjective

즐겁다 (jeulgeopda) (irregular, infinitive 즐거워, sequential 즐거우니)

  1. to be pleasant, to be enjoyable

Conjugation

Middle Korean

Alternative forms

Adjective

즐〮겁다〮 (cúlkèptá)

  1. to be pleasant, to be enjoyable
    • 1447, 釋譜詳節 / 석보상절 [Seokbo sangjeol]:
      이〮 사〯ᄅᆞ미〮 ()() 즐〮거ᄫᅳᆫ〮 거스〮로〮 []
      í sǎlòm-í IL.CHYEY cúlkèWún kès-úlwó
      The person to as something "wholly" pleasing

Conjugation

Accentual class HH lenited-consonant stem
Declarative Connective Infinitive Conditional
즐〮겁다〮 (cúlkèptá) 즐〮겁고〮 (cúlkèpkwó) 즐〮거ᄫᅥ〮 (cúlkèWé) 즐〮거〮ᄫᅳ면〮 (cúlkéWùmyén)

Descendants

  • Korean: 즐겁다 (jeulgeopda)