참되다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbong cheonjamun (石峰千字文 / 석봉천자문), 1583, as Middle Korean ᄎᆞᆷ되다 (Yale: chom-twoyta).

(cham, truth) +‎ 되다 (-doeda, to become, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chamdoeda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chamdoeda
McCune–Reischauer?ch'amtoeda
Yale Romanization?chamqtoyta

Adjective

참되다 (chamdoeda) (infinitive 참돼 or 참되어, sequential 참되니)

  1. to be real, to be sincere, to be truthful
    Synonym: 진실(眞實)되다 (jinsildoeda)

Conjugation

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