진딧

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Early Modern Korean

Etymology

From Middle Korean 진딧〮 (cìntís), from Early Mandarin 真的 (EM *tʂintiᴿ, “really”).

Pronunciation

Determiner

진딧 (cintis)

  1. real, true

Adverb

진딧 (cintis)

  1. really, truly

Middle Korean

Etymology

Early Mandarin 真的 (EM *tʂintiᴿ, “really”) + (-s), the pronunciation of the first character influenced by the Sino-Korean reading of .

Pronunciation

Determiner

진딧〮 (cìntís)

  1. true, real
    • 1459, 월인석보 / 月印釋譜 7:29
      ()()은〮 진딧〮 ()이〮라〮
      CÌN.KÙM-ún cìntís KÙM-ílá
      眞金 means, "true gold".

Adverb

진딧〮 (cìntís)

  1. really
    • 1459, 월인석보 / 月印釋譜 1:36
      진딧〮 업〯수미〮 아니〮니〮
      cìntís ěpsùm-í àníní
      as it is not really lacking

References

  • 조세용 [joseyong] (1991) “한자어계 귀화어 중 사어화된 어휘에 관한 연구 [hanja'eogye gwihwa'eo jung sa'eohwadoen eohwie gwanhan yeon'gu, A study of obsolete terms in the nativised Sino-Korean vocabulary]”, in Jungwon inmun nonchong, volume 10, pages 43—65