Korean

Verb

지다 • ‎(jida) ‎(infinitive 져 or 지어, sequential 지니)

1. to carry on one's back; to bear
2. (figuratively) to undertake; to be charged with (the duty of); to assume (the responsibility of)
3. (figuratively) to fall into (debt); to incur (a debt)

Derived terms

• Causative: 지우다 (jiuda, “to cause someone to carry on the back”)
• Substantive: 짐 (jim)
• 짊다 (jimda)

Conjugation

Etymology 2

First attested in the Bak Tongsa eonhae (朴通事諺解 / 박통사언해, 1677, as 지다 (Yale: cita).

Verb

지다 • ‎(jida) ‎(infinitive 져 or 지어, sequential 지니)

1. to be defeated; to lose
2. to be overcome (with); to surrender (to); to bow (to)
3. to be inferior (to); to be second (to)

Derived terms

• Causative: 지우다 (jiuda, “to defeat; to get the better of”)

Conjugation

Etymology 3

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as 디다 (Yale: tita).

Verb

지다 • ‎(jida) ‎(infinitive 져 or 지어, sequential 지니)

1. (of the sun) to sink; to set; to go down
2. (of flower) to wither and fall; to scatter; to be scattered

   바람에 지는 아련한 사랑.‎(from the lyrics of 하망연)

   Baram-e jineun aryeonhan sarang.

   A vague love which disappears with the wind.

3. to come out (with a wash); to be removed; to be washed off

Derived terms

• Causative: 지우다 (jiuda, “to wipe away; to rub out”)

Conjugation

Etymology 4

Compare 짓— (jit-).

Verb

지다 • ‎(jida) ‎(infinitive 져 or 지어, sequential 지니)

1. to become; to get
2. (in the form of —아/어지다) to become; to get
3. (in the form of —아/어지다) Forms the passive.

Conjugation

Suffix

지다 • ‎(jida)

1. Attached to nominal or verbal roots to form adjectives carrying the meaning of “with the characteristics of...”.

Derived terms

• 꺾어지다 (kkeokkeojida, “to break, snap (intransitive)”)
• 넘어지다 (neomeojida, “to fall, collapse”)
• 부러지다 (bureojida, “to break”)
• 쓰러지다 (sseureojida, “to fall, collapse”)