진딧

Early Modern Korean

Etymology

From Middle Korean 진딧〮 (cìntís), from Early Mandarin 真的 (EM *tʂintiᴿ, “really”).

Pronunciation

• (c. 1750) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕin.dit̚], [t͡ɕin.d͡ʑit̚]

Determiner

진딧 (cintis)

1. real, true
   • 1765, 《박통사신석언해 / 朴通事新釋諺解》 1:29

     진딧 有福ᄒᆞᆫ 됴흔 ᄉᆞ나ᄒᆡ러라.

     cintis YWU.PWOK-hon tywohun sonahoy-lela.

     He was a really wealthy and a good man.

Adverb

진딧 (cintis)

1. really, truly

Middle Korean

Etymology

Early Mandarin 真的 (EM *tʂintiᴿ, “really”) + ㅅ (-s), the pronunciation of the first character influenced by the Sino-Korean reading of 眞.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sìn.tís/, [t͡ɕìn.dís̚]

Determiner

진딧〮 (cìntís)

1. true, real
   • 1459, 《월인석보 / 月印釋譜》 7:29

     眞(진)金(금)은〮 진딧〮 金(금)이〮라〮

     CÌN.KÙM-ún cìntís KÙM-ílá

     [The Chinese word] 眞金 means, "true gold".

Adverb

진딧〮 (cìntís)

1. really
   • 1459, 《월인석보 / 月印釋譜》 1:36

     진딧〮 업〯수미〮 아니〮니〮

     cìntís ěpsùm-í àníní

     as it is not really lacking

References

• 조세용 [joseyong] (1991) “한자어계 귀화어 중 사어화된 어휘에 관한 연구 [hanja'eogye gwihwa'eo jung sa'eohwadoen eohwie gwanhan yeon'gu, A study of obsolete terms in the nativised Sino-Korean vocabulary]”, in Jungwon inmun nonchong, volume 10, pages 43—65