가ᄅᆞ다
Appearance
Middle Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]*갈 (*kal-, “to split?”) + ᄋᆞ (-o-, causative suffix). Compare 가리〮다〮 (kàlítá, “to get split”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]가ᄅᆞ다〮 (kàlòtá) (infinitive 갈아〮, sequential 가ᄅᆞ니〮)
- (transitive) to split
- 1481, 월인석보 (Worin Seokbo), volume 12, page 49a:
- 갈아 두 乘이 ᄃᆞ외니 ᄒᆞᆫ 가지 아니오
- Since it became two by splitting it, it is not one.
Descendants
[edit]- Korean: 가르다 (gareuda)