값없다

Middle Korean

Etymology

값〮 (káps, “value”) +‎ 없〯다 (ěpstà, “not have”).

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽kǎpsɘ̌pstá⫽

Adjective

값〮없〯다〮 (káps-ěps-tá) (infinitive 값〮업〯서〮, sequential 값〯업〯스니〮)

1. priceless, extremely valuable
   • 1459, 월인석보 (Worin Seokbo), volume 15, page 22b:

     그ᄢᅴ 親(친)ᄒᆞᆫ 버디 그윗 일로 나갈 쩨 값업슨 寶珠(보쥬)로 옷 소배 ᄆᆡ야 주구 니거늘​

     ku-pskuy CHINho-n pet-i kuwu-ys il-lwo naka-l ccey kaps-eps-un PWO.CYWU-lwo wos swop-ay moy-ya cwu-kwu ni-kenul​

     Right then, when a close friend went out for a government job, they attached priceless pearls inside his clothes before going.

Descendants

• Korean: 값없다 (gabeopda)