싸다

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First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄊᆞ〮다〮 (Yale: ssó-tá), originally meaning "to be worth".

싸다 • (ssada) (infinitive 싸, sequential 싸니)

1. to be cheap, to be inexpensive

   Antonym: 비싸다 (bissada, “to be expensive”)

   이 옷은 싸다. ― I os-eun ssada. ― This dress is cheap.

2. (after 어도 (-eodo)) to be deserving, to be serving right
3. (especially northern Pyongan) to be expensive, costly

   Antonym: 눅다 (nukda, “to be cheap”)

   • 1998, 김영배 [gimyeongbae], “서북방언 [seobukbang'eon]”, in 새국어생활 [saegugeosaenghwal]‎, volume 8, number 4, National Institute of the Korean Language, page 60:

     그 물건은 값이 싸서 못사갓수다.

     Geu mulgeon-eun gaps-i ssa-seo motsa-gat-suda.

     I can't buy it because the price of that thing is too expensive.

First attested in the Eonhae taesan jibyo (諺解胎産集要 / 언해태산집요), 1608, as Early Modern Korean ᄊᆞ다 (Yale: sso-ta).

싸다 • (ssada) (infinitive 싸, sequential 싸니)

1. to be quick, to be swift

   걸음이 싸다 ― georeum-i ssada ― to have a quick step

2. to be a big mouth

   입이 싸다 ― ib-i ssada ― to have a light mouth

• (to be a big mouth): 입이 가볍다 (ibi gabyeopda)

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄡᆞ〮다〮 (Yale: psó-tá).

싸다 • (ssada) (infinitive 싸, sequential 싸니) (transitive)

1. to wrap up, to bundle

   Antonym: 풀다 (pulda)

   선물을 포장지에 싸다. ― Seonmur-eul pojangji-e ssada. ― to wrap a present

2. to pack, to pack up

   지금 짐을 싸고 있어! ― jigeum jim-eul ssago isseo! ― I'm packing up now!

3. to surround

First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean ᄡᆞ다 (Yale: pso-ta).

싸다 • (ssada) (infinitive 싸, sequential 싸니)

1. (transitive, colloquial) to excrete; to poop, to pee (of feces, urine, semen, etc.)

   Synonym: 누다 (nuda)