가깝다

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Korean

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 갓갑〯다〮 (Yale: kàskǎp-tá), most plausibly from the unattested verbal root *가ᄌᆞᆨ (Yale: *kacok-, probably "to approach") + 아ᇦ〯 (Yale: -ǎW, adjective-deriving suffix). Dialects commonly preserve the original root.[1]

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gakkapda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ga'kkabda
McCune–Reischauer?kakkapta
Yale Romanization?ka.kkapta

Adjective

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가깝다 (gakkapda) (irregular, infinitive 가까워, sequential 가까우니)

  1. to be close, to be near (in distance, time, emotional rapport, kinship, etc.)
    Antonym: 멀다 (meolda)
    가까운 친척gakkaun chincheokclose relatives
    새로 이사한 학교 가깝다.
    Saero isahan jib-eun hakgyo-wa gakkapda.
    The school is close to our new house.

Conjugation

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North Korean Standard:

South Korean Standard:

References

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  1. ^ 이승재 (Yi Seung-jae) (1983) “재구와 방언분화 [jaeguwa bang'eonbunhwa, Reconstructions and dialectal divergence]”, in Gugeohak, volume 12