벌거벗다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Jeongsok eonhae (正俗諺解 / 정속언해, (李源周敎授本 / 이원주 교수본)), 1518, as Middle Korean 벌거밧다 (pelkepasta). Possibly a compound of 벌기— (beolgi-, “to open, to crack open, to tear away”) and 벗— (beot-, “to remove, to take off”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[pʌ̹ɭɡʌ̹bʌ̹t̚t͈a̠]
  • Phonetic Hangul[]
Revised Romanization? beolgeobeotda
Revised Romanization (translit.)? beolgeobeosda
McCune–Reischauer? pŏlgŏbŏtta
Yale Romanization? pelkepesqta

Verb

벌거벗다 (beolgeobeotda) (infinitive 벌거벗어, sequential 벌거벗으니)

  1. to strip oneself of all the clothes; to strip oneself naked; to undress completely

Conjugation

  • Tensified form: 뻘거벗다 (ppeolgeobeotda, “to strip oneself naked”)
  • Ablaut form: 발가벗다 (balgabeotda, “to strip oneself naked”)
  • Causative form: 벌거벗기다 (beolgeobeotgida, “to strip someone naked; to strip a person bare”)
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