겻다

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kjə̀sk.tá/, [kjə̀s̚˨.t͈á]

Verb

겻다〮 (kyèstá) (infinitive 겻거〮 (kyèské), sequential 겻그〮니〮 (kyèskúní), modern phonemic orthography 겨ᇧ다〮 (kyèsktá))

1. (transitive) to suffer, to undergo, to go through
   • c. 1330s, “우조북전/羽調北殿”, in 금합자보/琴合字譜, published 1572:

     空(공)房(방)을 겻고릴동 聖(셩)德(덕)을 너표릴동 / 乃(내)終(죵)始(시)終(죵)을 모ᄅᆞᄋᆞᆸ건마ᄅᆞᄂᆞ / 當(당)시론 괴실ᄉᆡ 좃ᄌᆞᆸ노이다

     KWONG.PANG-ul kyeskwol_iltwong SYENG.TEK-ul nephywol_iltwong / NAY.CYWONG.SI.CYWONG-ul mwoloopkenmalono / TANG-si-lwo-n kwoysilsoy cwoscopnwoita

     Though I know not the future's beginnings and ends—whether it should be that I will suffer this empty room or extend your sacred virtue—I will chase after you, since you loved me at that time.

2. (transitive) to feed (a large number of people)

Descendants

• Korean: 겪다 (gyeokda)