상그랍다

Korean

Alternative forms
  • 상그럽다 (sanggeureopda), 쌍그랍다 (ssanggeurapda), 쌍그럽다 (ssanggeureopda)

Etymology

Compare northern Gyeongsang 사모랍다 (samorapda, “to be brutish, to be malicious”) (attested since the eighteenth century), also Middle Korean 사오〮납다〮 (Yale: sàwónàptá, “to be fierce, to be malicious”) > Seoul 사납다 (sanapda).

Adjective

상그랍다 • (sanggeurapda) (infinitive 상그랍아, sequential 상그랍으니) (Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect)

  1. (of an object or person) to be difficult to deal with
  2. to be dangerous, to be unpropitious
    가는 팔자도 상그랍다. (Gyeongsang dialect, Changwon)
    Ga-neun palja-do sanggeurapda.
    Even his destiny is bad.
    Synonym: 사납다 (sanapda)
  3. to be disorienting
    와 그리 댕기노? 정신 쌍그럽구로. (Gyeongsang dialect, Changwon)
    Wa geuri daenggino? Jeongsin ssanggeureopguro.
    Why are you going back and forth like that? It's disorienting.
    Synonym: 사납다 (sanapda)
  4. (of a blade) to be sharp
    Synonym: 날카롭다 (nalkaropda)

Further reading
  • 경남 방언 사전 [Dictionary of southern Gyeongsang varieties], volume I, South Gyeongsang Provincial Government, 2017, page 438
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