싱겁다

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Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Nammyeongjip eonhae (南明集諺解 / 남명집언해), 1482, as Middle Korean 슴겁다 (Yale: sumkepta).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?singgeopda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?singgeobda
McCune–Reischauer?singgŏpta
Yale Romanization?singkepta

Adjective

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싱겁다 (singgeopda) (irregular, infinitive 싱거워, sequential 싱거우니)

  1. to be bland, not salty
  2. to be tiresome, tedious

Conjugation

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Antonyms

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  • (to be bland, not salty): 짜다 (jjada, “to be salty”)