심다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 시므다 (simuta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[ˈɕʰiːmt͈a̠]
  • Phonetic Hangul[:]
Revised Romanization? simda
Revised Romanization (translit.)? simda
McCune–Reischauer? simta
Yale Romanization? sīmqta

Verb

심다 (simda) (infinitive 심어, sequential 심으니)

  1. To plant, sow (seed or plants)
    정원에 사과나무를 심다
    jeong-wone sagwanamureul simda
    to plant an apple tree in a garden
  2. To plant, implant, instill, inculcate (a thought or a sentiment)
    나는 학생들에게 올바른 사상을 심어 주려고 했다.
    Naneun haksaengdeurege olbareun sasang-eul simeo juryeogo haetda.
    I tried to inculcate a right thought in [my] student.
  3. To plant (a person) secretly as a spy

Usage notes

If in which objects or ideas are planted is people, this word usually is used with 주다 (juda, “to give”). And if where objects are planted is a place, it usally used with 놓다 (nota, “to set”).

Conjugation

Alternative forms

  • 심으다 (simeuda)
  • 심구다 (simguda)

Synonyms

  • 뿌리다 (ppurida, “to seed, to disperse”)

Antonyms

See also

  • 푸나무 (punamu, “plant”)
  • (ssi, “seed”)
  • 씨앗 (ssiat, “seed”)
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