그르다

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geureuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geuleuda
McCune–Reischauer?kŭrŭda
Yale Romanization?kuluta

Adjective

그르다 • (geureuda) (infinitive 글러, sequential 그르니)

  1. to be improper, to be wrong, to be incorrect (nowadays especially in a moral sense)
    Synonym: 그릇되다 (geureutdoeda)
    Antonym: 옳다 (olta)
    옳고 그름olko geureumright and wrong
    대신 어명 그른 알면서도 충실히 따랐다.
    Daesin-eun eomyeong-i geureun jur-eul almyeonseodo chungsil-hi ttaratda.
    The grand minister, even while knowing that the royal command was wrong, followed it faithfully.

Conjugation

Verb

그르다 • (geureuda) (infinitive 글러, sequential 그르니)

  1. (intransitive, chiefly in the past tense or infinitive) to become hopeless, to become done for, to become nasty and unsuitable
    Synonym: (dialectal) 파이다 (paida)
    글러먹은 인간이다.
    Na-neun geulleomeogeun in'gan-ida.
    I am a person who is done for.
    시험 공부 하나 해서 오늘 잠자기 글렀다.
    Siheom gongbu-reul hana-do an haeseo oneul jamjagi-neun geulleotda.
    Since I didn't study at all for the exams, there's no way I'll get any sleep tonight.

Conjugation

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