벌거벗다

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Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Jeongsok eonhae (正俗諺解 / 정속언해 (of 李源周敎授本 / 이원주 교수본)), 1518, as Middle Korean 벌거밧다 (Yale: pelkepasta). Possibly a compound of 벌기— (beolgi-, “to open, to crack open, to tear away”) and 벗— (beot-, “to remove, to take off”).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?beolgeobeotda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?beolgeobeosda
McCune–Reischauer?pŏlgŏbŏtta
Yale Romanization?pel.kepesta

Verb

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벌거벗다 (beolgeobeotda) (infinitive 벌거벗어, sequential 벌거벗으니)

  1. to strip oneself of all the clothes; to strip oneself naked; to undress completely

Conjugation

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  • Tensified form: 뻘거벗다 (ppeolgeobeotda, “to strip oneself naked”)
  • Ablaut form: 발가벗다 (balgabeotda, “to strip oneself naked”)
  • Causative form: 벌거벗기다 (beolgeobeotgida, “to strip someone naked; to strip a person bare”)