잡다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Yongbi eocheonga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 잡다 (capta).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key)[t͡ɕa̠p̚t͈a̠]
  • Phonetic Hangul[]
Revised Romanization? japda
Revised Romanization (translit.)? jabda
McCune–Reischauer? chapta
Yale Romanization? capqta

Verb

잡다 (japda) (infinitive 잡아, sequential 잡으니)

  1. (transitive) to take, to hold, to grab, to seize, to arrest
    Antonyms: 놓다 (nota), 놓치다 (notchida)
  2. (transitive) to catch, to seize
    Synonyms: 붙잡다 (butjapda), 붙들다 (butdeulda)
  3. (transitive) to slaughter, to butcher, to kill (an animal)
  4. (transitive) to occupy, to take up, to seize, to take
  5. (transitive) to manage, to arrange, to reserve, to settle
  6. (transitive) to extinguish

Conjugation

Derived terms

prefixes

  • 잡아가다 (jabagada)
  • 잡아가두다 (jabagaduda)
  • 잡아끌다 (jabakkeulda)
  • 잡아넣다 (jabaneota)
  • 잡아놓다 (jabanota)
  • 잡아당기다 (jabadanggida)
  • 잡아두다 (jabaduda)
  • 잡아매다 (jabamaeda)
  • 잡아먹다 (jabameokda)
  • 잡아오다 (jabaoda)
  • 잡아채다 (jabachaeda)

suffixes

  • 겉잡다 (geotjapda)
  • 골라잡다 (gollajapda)
  • 맞잡다 (matjapda)
  • 바로잡다 (barojapda)
  • 붙잡다 (butjapda)
  • 손잡다 (sonjapda)
  • 어림잡다 (eorimjapda)
  • 자리잡다 (jarijapda)
  • 주름잡다 (jureumjapda)
  • 트집잡다 (teujipjapda)
  • 흠잡다 (heumjapda)

See also

similar-sounding verbs

  • 줍다 (jupda, “to pick up (what is dropped or scattered), to gather”)
  • 접다 (jeopda, “to fold”)
  • 쥐다 (jwida, “to grasp, to grip”)
  • 집다 (jipda, “to pick up (selectively), to take up, to tong”)

similar semantics

  • 사냥 (sanyang, “hunting, shooting”)
  • 쫓다 (jjotda, “to chase”)
  • 찾다 (chatda, “to search”)

References

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