나쁘다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 낟ᄇᆞ다〮 (Yale: nàt-pò-tá), equivalent to unattested verb *낟다〮 (Yale: *nàt-tá) + ᄫᆞ (Yale: -Wo-, adjective-deriving suffix). Middle Korean meaning: "to be insufficient".

Later largely displaced 궂다〮 (Yale: kwùc-tá), the Middle Korean generic word for "bad", nowadays used mainly in reference to the weather and in idiomatic expressions. The original meaning was replaced by Sino-Korean 부족(不足)하다 (bujokhada, to be insufficient).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nappeuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?na'ppeuda
McCune–Reischauer?nappŭda
Yale Romanization?na.pputa

Adjective

나쁘다 • (nappeuda) (infinitive 나빠, sequential 나쁘니)

  1. to be bad (various meanings)
    1. to be bad; to be unpleasant; to be disagreeable; to be of inferior quality
      Antonym: 좋다 (jota)
      기분 나쁜 gibun nappeun nalday with a bad mood
      나라 살기 나쁜 나라.
      I nara-neun salgi nappeun narada.
      This country is a bad country to live in.
    2. to be bad; to be evil; to be ill-natured
      Synonym: 악(惡)하다 (akhada)
      Antonyms: 좋다 (jota), 착하다 (chakhada)
      나쁜 인간nappeun in'ganbad fellow
    3. to be bad, to be immoral
      Antonyms: 좋다 (jota), 옳다 (olta)
      나쁜 하다nappeun jis-eul hadato do something bad
    4. to be in the wrong; to be (morally) blamable
      내가 나빴어.
      Naega nappasseo.
      It's my fault.
    5. to be bad, to be harmful
      Antonym: 좋다 (jota)
      날씨 농작물 나쁘다.
      I nalssi-neun nongjangmur-e nappeuda.
      This weather is bad for the crops.
    6. to be bad; to be frail; to be weak
      Antonym: 좋다 (jota)
      심장 나쁘다simjang-i nappeudato have a bad heart
  2. (archaic, original meaning) to be insufficient; to be inadequate
    Synonyms: 부족(不足)하다 (bujokhada), 모자라다 (mojarada)

Conjugation

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