잃다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 잃다〮 (Yale: ìlh-tá).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [iɭtʰa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [일타]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ilta
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ilhda
McCune–Reischauer?	ilt'a
Yale Romanization?	ilhta

Verb

잃다 • (ilta) (infinitive 잃어, sequential 잃으니)

1. (transitive) to lose

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the verb 잃다 (ilta): consonant-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	잃는다 illeunda	잃어 ireo	잃어요 ireoyo	잃습니다 ilseumnida
	Past	잃었다 ireotda	잃었어 ireosseo	잃었어요 ireosseoyo	잃었습니다 ireotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	잃느냐 illeunya	잃어 ireo	잃어요 ireoyo	잃습니까 ilseumnikka
	Past	잃었느냐 ireonneunya	잃었어 ireosseo	잃었어요 ireosseoyo	잃었습니까 ireotseumnikka
Hortative		잃자 ilcha	잃어 ireo	잃어요 ireoyo	잃으십시다 ireusipsida
Imperative		잃어라 ireora	잃어 ireo	잃어요 ireoyo	잃읍시오 ireupsio
Assertive		잃겠다 ilketda	잃겠어 ilkesseo	잃겠어요 ilkesseoyo	잃겠습니다 ilketseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		잃어 ireo	잃어서 ireoseo	잃으니 ireuni	잃으니까 ireunikka
Contrast		잃지만 ilchiman	잃는데 illeunde	잃더니 ilteoni
Conjunction		잃고 ilko
Condition		잃으면 ireumyeon	잃어야 ireoya
Motive		잃으려고 ireuryeogo
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		잃음 ireum	잃기 ilki
Past-tense verbal nouns		잃었음 ireosseum	잃었기 ireotgi
Determiners	Past	잃은 ireun
	Present	잃는 illeun
	Future	잃을 ireul

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	잃으신다 ireusinda	잃으셔 ireusyeo	잃으세요, 잃으셔요 ireuseyo, ireusyeoyo	잃으십니다 ireusimnida
	Past	잃으셨다 ireusyeotda	잃으셨어 ireusyeosseo	잃으셨어요 ireusyeosseoyo	잃으셨습니다 ireusyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	잃으시느냐 ireusineunya	잃으셔 ireusyeo	잃으세요, 잃으셔요 ireuseyo, ireusyeoyo	잃으십니까 ireusimnikka
	Past	잃으셨느냐 ireusyeonneunya	잃으셨어 ireusyeosseo	잃으셨어요 ireusyeosseoyo	잃으셨습니까 ireusyeotseumnikka
Imperative		잃으시라 ireusira	잃으셔 ireusyeo	잃으세요 ireuseyo	잃으십시오 ireusipsio
Assertive		잃으시겠다 ireusigetda	잃으시겠어 ireusigesseo	잃으시겠어요 ireusigesseoyo	잃으시겠습니다 ireusigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		잃으셔 ireusyeo	잃으셔서 ireusyeoseo	잃으시니 ireusini	잃으시니까 ireusinikka
Contrast		잃으시지만 ireusijiman	잃으시는데 ireusineunde	잃으시더니 ireusideoni
Conjunction		잃으시고 ireusigo
Condition		잃으시면 ireusimyeon	잃으셔야 ireusyeoya
Motive		잃으시려고 ireusiryeogo
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		잃으심 ireusim	잃으시기 ireusigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		잃으셨음 ireusyeosseum	잃으셨기 ireusyeotgi
Determiners	Past	잃으신 ireusin
	Present	잃으시는 ireusineun
	Future	잃으실 ireusil