그립다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 그립다 (Yale: kulipta). From 그리— (geuri-, “to long for”) + —ㅂ— (-b-, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geuripda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geulibda
McCune–Reischauer?kŭripta
Yale Romanization?kulipta

Adjective

그립다 (geuripda) (irregular, infinitive 그리워, sequential 그리우니)

  1. to be dear, beloved
  2. to be longed for, to be missed
    고향이 그립다.
    gohyang'i geuripda.
    I am homesick.

Conjugation