약하다

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yakhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yaghada
McCune–Reischauer?yakhada
Yale Romanization?yak.hata

Etymology 1

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean ᅀᅣᆨ〮ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: zyák-hòtá).

() (weakness) + 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Adjective

약하다 (yakhada) (infinitive 약해 or 약하여, sequential 약하니, hanja 弱하다)

  1. to be weak
    Synonym: (native Korean counterpart) 여리다 (yeorida)
    Antonyms: 세다 (seda), 굳세다 (gutseda), 강(強)하다 (ganghada)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

약(藥) (yak, medicine) + 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Verb

약하다 (yakhada) (infinitive 약해 or 약하여, sequential 약하니, hanja 藥하다)

  1. to use as medicine
Conjugation
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