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이울다

The sunset in the evening [1]
Roman: iul-da
Older: ㅇㅣᄫㅡㄹㄷㅏ (iveul-da)
Verb
  1. 꽃이나 잎이 시들다. 해나 달의 빛이 약해지거나 스러지다. [2]
    to wane, wither, fade [3]
Attributives
  • 이운 (iun)
  • ㅇㅣᄫㅡㄴ (iveun) obsolete
Synonyms
  • 시들다 (sideul-da, "(for flowers, leaves) to wane, wither")
  • 저물다 (jeomul-da, "(for the sun) to set, (for it) to grow dark")
Antonyms
Comparatives
  • Danish: aften
  • Dutch: avond
  • English: evening [4]
  • German: Abend [5]
  • Norwegian: aften
  • Swedish: afton
See also
  • 맑다 (malg-da, "to be clear, fresh") [6]
  • 밝다 (balg-da, "to be bright, (for the day or it) to dawn")
  • 밝쥐 (balg-jwi, "bat" lit. "bright-eyed rat")
  • 명일 (明日, meong-il, "tomorrow" [7])
  1. The ideas of "sunset" and "evening" overlap, as the former is implied in the latter (verbal).
  2. https://ko.dict.naver.com/#/search?query=이울다
  3. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/이울다
  4. cf. morning, (to)morrow
  5. Morgen, morgen
  6. cf. German Morgenfrisch lit. "morning fresh"
  7. Literally, "bright day; next day"
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