안직

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Korean 안직〮 (Yale: àncík); see the main entry for for more.

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?anjik
Revised Romanization (translit.)?anjig
McCune–Reischauer?anjik
Yale Romanization?an.cik

Adverb

안직 • (anjik)

  1. (Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Hwanghae, Gyeonggi) Dialectal form of 아직 (ajik, “still; not yet”).
    안직 안 끝났냐?
    Anjik an kkeunnannya?
    Are you still not finished?

Middle Korean

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /àn.t͡sík/, [àn.d͡ʑík̚]

Adverb

안직〮 (àncík)

  1. still
    Synonym: ᄉᆞᆫᄌᆡ〮 (sòncóy)
  2. (with explicit or implicit verbal negation) yet; not yet
    Synonym: ᄉᆞᆫᄌᆡ〮 (sòncóy)
  3. for a while
  4. from now on
  5. for now, for the time being
Alternative forms
  • 아직〮 (àcík), 안ᄌᆞᆨ〮 (àncók)
Descendants
  • Korean: 아직 (ajik), 안직 (anjik), 안즉 (anjeuk)

Etymology 2

From Old Korean 最只 (*ANCik).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /án.t͡sìk/, [án.d͡ʑìk̚]

Adverb

안〮직 (áncìk)

  1. most, -est (adds superlative meaning to adjectives)
    Synonym: ᄆᆞᆺ〮 (mós)
  2. extremely, completely (adds intensive meaning to verbs)
    Synonym: ᄀᆞ자ᇰ〮 (kòcáng)

References
  • 박선우 (1998), “중세어 부사 '안직, 아직, ᄆᆞᆺ, ᄀᆞ자ᇰ'의 의미연구 [Study on the semantics of Middle Korean adverbs ancik, acik, mos, kocang]”, in Han'gugeohak, volume 7, pages 159—191
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