이기다

Korean

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[iɡida̠]
  • Phonetic Hangul[]
Revised Romanization? igida
Revised Romanization (translit.)? igida
McCune–Reischauer? igida
Yale Romanization? ikita

Etymology 1

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 이긔다 (ikuyta).

Verb

이기다 (igida) (infinitive 이겨 or 이기어, sequential 이기니)

  1. to win, beat, defeat, gain (war, battle, fight, game, contest, competition)
    왔다, 보았다, 이겼다.
    Watda, boatda, igyeotda.
    I came, I saw, I won. (veni, vidi, vici.)
  2. to overcome, surmount, suppress (crisis, hardship, temptation, etc.)
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • 쳐부수다 (chyeobusuda, “to defeat, to destroy”)
  • 물리치다 (mullichida, “to defeat, to fight back”)
  • 억누르다 (eongnureuda, “to overcome, to surmount”)
  • 승리하다 (勝利, seungnihada, “to win”)
Antonyms
  • 지다 (jida, “to lose”)
  • 패배하다 (敗北, paebaehada, “to lose”)
Derived terms
  • 이겨내다 (igyeonaeda, “to overcome, to surmount”)
See also
  • 싸우다 (ssauda, “to fight”)
  • 싸움 (ssaum, “war, battle”)
  • 다투다 (datuda, “to fight”)
  • 다툼 (datum, “strife, contest”)
  • 어렵다 (eoryeopda, “difficult”)
  • 비기다 (bigida, “to match, to tie”)

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

Verb

이기다 (igida) (infinitive 이겨 or 이기어, sequential 이기니)

  1. to knead (dough)
Conjugation
Synonyms
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