Meaning of verb '지다' | Learn Korean lexicon

 

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지다 ; to fall; to be removed; to fade; to die

• 꽃이 졌어요. 
  The flower has withered.
  
  
• {해가, 달이, 별이} 집니다.
  {The sun, The moon, The star} is setting.
  
  
• 벚꽃이 지는 계절이 오고 있습니다.
  The season when cherry blossoms fall is coming.
  
  
• 얼룩이 잘 안 져요. = 얼룩이 잘 안 지워져요.
  It's hard to remove the stain. / The stain is not coming off easily.
  * 지우다 is used more often nowadays because '지다' as 'to be removed' does not sound strong enough.
  
  
• 숨이 졌어요.
  It's dead.

 

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In addition to 'to fall', the verb '지다' has taken on the meaning of 'to form'.

 

지다 ; to form

• 나무 아래에 그늘이 졌어요.
  The shade has been cast under the tree.
  * "그늘이 졌어요" means that the shade has been created or formed, rather than something falling down. "그늘이 졌어요" implies that the shade has been cast or created as a result of the position of the sun and tree's location.
  
  
• 주름 진 얼굴
  wrinkled face

 

Derivatives with '지다' 

한국어 (Korean)	영어 번역 (English translations)
값지다	valuable, expensive
기름지다	greasy, oliy
멋지다	nice, cool, stylish
살찌다 *it was 살지다 in the middle Korean	to gain weight
각지다, 모서리(가) 지다	to angulate
네모지다	quadrilateral
덩어리(가) 지다	to lump up
층(이) 지다	to layer
경사지다	slant, tilt
밑지다	to lose
후지다	poor, bad, inferior
흉지다	to get scar
주름지다	to get wrinkle
사라지다	to disappear
떨어지다 *지다 as 'to fall' is losing it's original position	to fall
앙칼지다	aggressive, furious, keen
찰지다	sticky
다부지다	sturdy, stocky, strong-minded
자빠지다	to fall down on one's back
넘어지다	to fall down
늘어지다	to hang down
두드러지다	be embossed; prominent
우거지다	to be densed
터지다	to burst open
부러지다	to be broken
쓰러지다	to fall, to collapse, to break down
토라지다	to turn away
헤어지다	to break up with someon, to say good-bye
어우러지다	to be in harmony, to mix well
찌그러지다	to be chrushed

 

<참고> 우인혜(1992), 용언 "지다"의 의미와 기본 기능: "어/아 지다"의 구문을 중심으로.