흔하다

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Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 흔ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: hùn-hòtá), which Alexander Vovin speculates is a (perhaps Mandarin-influenced) nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 흔하다 (, heunhada, “to be exceeding”).[1]

Equivalent to (heun) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?heunhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?heunhada
McCune–Reischauer?hŭnhada
Yale Romanization?hun.hata

Adjective

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흔하다 (heunhada) (infinitive 흔해 or 흔하여, sequential 흔하니)

  1. to be frequent, to be common
    Synonyms: 많다 (manta), 잦다 (jatda)
  2. to be commonplace, to be ordinary
    Synonyms: 예사롭다 (yesaropda), 쌔다 (ssaeda), 일상적 (ilsangjeok)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander (2010) Koreo-Japonica: A Re-Evaluation of a Common Genetic Origin, University of Hawai’i Press, →ISBN, →JSTOR, page 189