하얗다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 하〮야ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: háyàhòtá).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈha̠(ː)ja̠tʰa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [하(ː)야타]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hayata
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hayahda
McCune–Reischauer?hayat'a
Yale Romanization?hā.yahta

Adjective

하얗다 • (hayata) (irregular, infinitive 하얘, sequential 하야니)

  1. white, pure white, pale
    Antonym: 까맣다 (kkamata, “black”)
    그녀는 살이 참 하얗다. ― Geunyeo-neun sar-i cham hayata. ― She is very fair-skinned.
    대지는 서리가 내려 하얗다. ― Daeji-neun seori-ga naeryeo hayata. ― The ground is white with frost.
  2. in swarms, in crowds, in flocks
    하얗게 몰려들다 ― hayake mollyeodeulda ― gathering in a crowd
  3. (staying up) all night
    우리는 하얗게 밤을 지새우고 함께 해가 뜨는 것을 지켜보았다.
    Uri-neun hayake bam-eul jisae'ugo hamkke hae-ga tteuneun geos-eul jikyeoboatda.
    We stayed up all night and watched the sun rise together.

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • 희다 (huida, “white”)
  • 허옇다 (heoyeota, “white, pale”) (heavy variant)
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