흥겹다

Korean

Etymology

From the hanja (, heung, “cheerful, happy”) and the adjectival suffix —겹다 (-gyeopda).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈxɯ(ː)ŋɡjʌ̹p̚t͈a̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?heunggyeopda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?heunggyeobda
McCune–Reischauer?hŭnggyŏpta
Yale Romanization?hūngkyepta

Adjective

흥겹다 (heunggyeopda) (irregular, infinitive 흥겨워, sequential 흥겨우니)

  1. to be delightful; to be full of merriment.

Conjugation

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