심다

• IPA^(key): /ʃimda̠/

심다 (simda)

1. to catch; to hold; to grasp; to grip
2. to seize

Cognate with Korean 심다 (simda).

• 싱그다 (singgeuda)
• 심그다 (simgeuda)

심다 (simda)

1. to plant

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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

심다 • (simda) (infinitive 심어, sequential 심으니)

1. To plant, sow (seed or plants)

   정원에 사과나무를 심다

   jeong'wone sagwanamureul simda

   to plant an apple tree in a garden

2. To plant, implant, instill, inculcate (a thought or a sentiment)

   나는 학생들에게 올바른 사상을 심어 주려고 했다.

   naneun haksaengdeurege olbareun sasang'eul simeo juryeogo haetda.

   I tried to inculcate a right thought in student.

3. To plant (a person) secretly as a spy

If in which objects or ideas are planted is people, this word usually is used with 주다 (juda, “to give”). And if where objects are planted is a place, it usually used with 놓다 (nota, “to set”).

• 심으다 (simeuda)
• 심구다 (simguda)

• 뿌리다 (ppurida, “to seed, to disperse”)

• 거두다 (geoduda, “to harvest”)

• 푸나무 (punamu, “plant”)
• 씨 (ssi, “seed”)
• 씨앗 (ssiat, “seed”)