묻다

IPA^(key): /mut̚t͈a̠/

묻다 (mutda)

1. to be scattered, sown
2. to be constructed

• 제기다 (jegida)

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

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

묻다 • (mutda) (irregular, infinitive 물어, sequential 물으니)

1. to ask; to inquire

   Synonyms: 물어보다 (mureoboda), 질문(質問)하다 (jilmunhada)

   자세한 것은 도서관원에게 물어주시오.

   Jasehan geos-eun doseogwanwon-ege mureojusio.

   For further information, please ask the librarian.

   미래에 대해서 묻다

   mirae-e daehaeseo mutda

   to ask about one's future

   말씀 좀 묻겠습니다.

   Malsseum jom mutgetseumnida.

   May I ask you something?

   (literally, “I will ask you something”)

2. to charge (a person with)

   책임을 묻다 ― chaegim-eul mutda ― to charge (a person) with irresponsibility

3. (in negations) to care

   승패는 묻지 않는다. ― Seungpae-neun mutji anneunda. ― It doesn't matter whether we win or lose.

   경험은 묻지 않음 ― gyeongheom-eun mutji aneum ― no experience required

To avoid confusion with 물다 (mulda, “to bite”), as in many conjugations both verbs sound and are spelled alike (both have the stem 물어 due to irregular conjugations), in most usages the verb is combined with 보다 (boda, “to try”) to form 물어보다 (mureoboda) to form the same meaning.

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 묻다 (Yale: mwut-ta).. From Old Korean 埋多 (*MWUt).

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묻다 • (mutda) (infinitive 묻어, sequential 묻으니)

1. to bury

   Synonym: 파묻다 (pamutda)

   시체를 묻다 ― siche-reul mutda ― to bury a corpse

   그녀는 내 가슴에 얼굴을 묻었다.

   Geunyeo-neun nae gaseum-e eolgur-eul mudeotda.

   She buried her face against my chest.

2. to hide

   그것을 나는 내 마음속에만 묻어 두었다.

   Geugeos-eul na-neun nae ma'eumsog-e-man mudeo dueotda.

   I have kept it to myself

• 묻히다 (muchida, “to become buried”)

First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 묻다 (Yale: mwut-ta).

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묻다 • (mutda) (infinitive 묻어, sequential 묻으니)

1. (intransitive) to stick, adhere

   Synonym: 들러붙다 (deulleobutda)

   네 구두에 진흙이 묻었다.

   Ne gudu-e jinheulg-i mudeotda.

   Your shoes are muddy.