잽싸다

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Korean

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Etymology

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A compound of 재— (jae-, “quick, fast”) and 싸— (ssa-, “quick, fast”). ssa- in Middle Korean was ·pso-. This consonant cluster was reduced to a tense consonant word-initially, as in modern 싸— (ssa-), but word-medial clusters were retained.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɛps͈a̠da̠] ~ [t͡ɕe̞ps͈a̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [/]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jaepssada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jaeb'ssada
McCune–Reischauer?chaepssada
Yale Romanization?cayp.ssata

Adjective

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잽싸다 (jaepssada) (infinitive 잽싸, sequential 잽싸니)

  1. quick, fast, nimble

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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