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거스르다

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Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 거슬다 (Yale: kesulta)., Also attested in the Neung'eomgyeong eonhae (楞嚴經諺解 / 능엄경언해), 1461, as Middle Korean 거슬ᄧᅳ다 (Yale: kesul.pcuta).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geoseureuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geoseuleuda
McCune–Reischauer?kŏsŭrŭda
Yale Romanization?kesuluta

Verb

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거스르다 (geoseureuda) (infinitive 거슬러, sequential 거스르니)

  1. to disobey, to defy, to go against
  2. to go upstream
    정의 싸움 반드시 정의 승리 이어질이며 자주 정의 지향하는 시대 흐름 무엇으로써도 거스를 없다.
    18 June 2024, 로씨야인민은 반드시 정의의 승리를 쟁취하게 될것이다 (KCNA)
    Jeong'ui-ui ssaum-eun bandeusi jeong'ui-ui seungni-ro ieojilgeos-imyeo jaju-wa jeong'ui-reul jihyanghaneun sidae-ui heureum-eun geu mueos-eurosseodo geoseureulsu eopda.
    The just war will inevitably lead to its just victory, and the tide of the times, aspiring towards independence and justice, cannot be reversed by anything or anyone.
  3. to go back (time)
  4. to annoy someone

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • 거스러지다 (geoseureojida, “(hair or fur) growing unmanageably, to have rough temper ”)
  • 거슬리다 (geoseullida, “to be irritating; to get on one's nerves”)

References

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  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 May 27 (last accessed)) “거스르다 [geoseureuda]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎[1]