여희다

여희다

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jə̀.hɨ́j.tá/

Verb

여희〮다〮 (yèhúytá) (infinitive 여희〮여〮 (yèhúyyé), sequential 여희〮니〮 (yèhúyní)) (transitive)

1. to leave; to depart from; to bid farewell to
   • 1459, Worin seokbo [月印釋譜/월인석보], page 23:91b:

     目(목〮)連(련)아〮 오직〮 七(치ᇙ〮)月(워ᇙ〮)ㅅ 보롬〮 나래〮 盂(웅)蘭(란)盆(뽄)齋(쟁)ᄅᆞᆯ〮 ᄒᆞ면〮 네 어〮미〮 가ᄒᆡ〮 모〮ᄆᆞᆯ〮 여희〮리라〮

     MWÓK.LYÈN-á wòcík CHÍLQ.WUÉLQ-s pwòlóm nàl-áy WÙ.LÀN.PPWÒN.CÁY-lól hòmyén nèy émí kàh-óy mwóm-ól yèhúylìlá

     O Maudgalyāyana! If only you should hold the Ghost Festival on the full moon of the seventh month, your mother will leave the body of a dog.

2. to lose a loved one (by death or departure)
   • 16th century, “Jeongseok-ga [鄭石歌/정석가]”, in Akjang gasa [樂章歌詞/악장가사]:

     삭삭기 셰몰애 별헤 나ᄂᆞᆫ
     구은 밤 닷 되를 심고이다
     그 바미 우미 도다 삭 나거시아 […]
     有(유)德(덕)ᄒᆞ신 님믈 여ᄒᆡᄋᆞ와 지ᅌᅵ다

     saksakki syeymwolGay pyelh-ey nanon
     kwuun pam tas twoy-lul simkwo[ng]ita
     ku pam-i wum-i twota sak nakesia […]
     YU.TEK-hosin nim[m]-ul yehuyowoa cingita

     On a dune of fine and cracking sand
     I planted five boxes of roasted chestnuts
     Should those chestnuts sprout shoots and buds […]
     I will want to depart from my fine-hearted beloved.

Descendants

• Korean: 여의다 (yeouida, “to be bereaved of; to be widowed, or for one's parents to pass away”)