아니꼽다

• (slang abbreviation) 꼽다 (kkopda)
• (misspelling) 안이꼽다 (anikkopda)

Dialectal forms:

First attested in the 長壽經諺解/장수경언해, c. 1525, as Middle Korean 아니ᄭᅩᆸ다 (Yale: aniskwopta).

Yi Dong-seok (2005) suggests that the adjective derives from a univerbation of 아니 (ani, “not”) +‎ 곱다 (gopda, “to be fair, to be beautiful”), both 아니꼽다 and 곱다 sharing the same conjugational paradigm. Although this would involve an unusual -ㅅ- (-s-) infix between the adverb and the adjective, Yi cites 업신여기다 (eopsinyeogida, “to look down on”) as another example of linking /-s-/ intervening in an adjective/verb stem that derives from the fusion of an adverb and an adjective/verb.

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아니꼽다 • (anikkopda) (irregular, infinitive 아니꼬워, sequential 아니꼬우니)

1. to be pitiful; to rouse compassion for
   • 1795, 혜경궁 홍씨 / 惠慶宮 洪氏 (Lady Hong of the Hyegyeong Palace), 한중록 :

     주시던 이 아니 계오시니 아니ᄭᅩ와 못 찾노라

     Jusideon i ani gye'osini anikkowa mot channora

     I couldn't wear it because I felt bad that the person who gave it to me has passed away.

2. to be unpleasant, to be distasteful

   세상을 사랑하지 못하고 아니꼽게 보기 때문에

   sesang-eul saranghaji mothago anikkopge bogi ttaemune

   because cannot bring myself to love this world, but instead look at it with distaste

3. to be annoying, to be bothersome (of a person's attitude or speech)

   Synonym: 거슬리다 (geoseullida)

4. to have a stomachache

• 이동석 (2005) 국어 음운 현상의 공시성과 통시성 , 한국문화사 , →ISBN.