잽싸다

Korean

Etymology

A compound of 재— (jae-, “quick, fast”) and 싸— (ssa-, “quick, fast”). ssa- in Middle Korean was ·pso-. This consonant cluster was reduced to a tense consonant word-initially, as in modern 싸— (ssa-), but word-medial clusters were retained.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛps͈a̠da̠] ~ [t͡ɕe̞ps͈a̠da̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [잽싸다/젭싸다]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jaepssada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jaeb'ssada
McCune–Reischauer?	chaepssada
Yale Romanization?	cayp.ssata

Adjective

잽싸다 • (jaepssada) (infinitive 잽싸, sequential 잽싸니)

1. quick, fast, nimble

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the adjective 잽싸다 (jaepssada): vowel-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	잽싸다 jaepssada	잽싸 jaepssa	잽싸요 jaepssayo	잽쌉니다 jaepssamnida
	Past	잽쌌다 jaepssatda	잽쌌어 jaepssasseo	잽쌌어요 jaepssasseoyo	잽쌌습니다 jaepssatseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	잽싸냐 jaepssanya	잽싸 jaepssa	잽싸요 jaepssayo	잽쌉니까 jaepssamnikka
	Past	잽쌌냐 jaepssannya	잽쌌어 jaepssasseo	잽쌌어요 jaepssasseoyo	잽쌌습니까 jaepssatseumnikka
Assertive		잽싸겠다 jaepssagetda	잽싸겠어 jaepssagesseo	잽싸겠어요 jaepssagesseoyo	잽싸겠습니다 jaepssagetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		잽싸 jaepssa	잽싸서 jaepssaseo	잽싸니 jaepssani	잽싸니까 jaepssanikka
Contrast		잽싸지만 jaepssajiman	잽싼데 jaepssande	잽싸더니 jaepssadeoni
Conjunction		잽싸고 jaepssago
Condition		잽싸면 jaepssamyeon	잽싸야 jaepssaya
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		잽쌈 jaepssam	잽싸기 jaepssagi
Past-tense verbal nouns		잽쌌음 jaepssasseum	잽쌌기 jaepssatgi
Determiners	Present		잽싼 jaepssan
	Future		잽쌀 jaepssal

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Plain (해라체)	Informal (해체)	Polite (해요체)	Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	잽싸시다 jaepssasida	잽싸셔 jaepssasyeo	잽싸세요, 잽싸셔요 jaepssaseyo, jaepssasyeoyo	잽싸십니다 jaepssasimnida
	Past	잽싸셨다 jaepssasyeotda	잽싸셨어 jaepssasyeosseo	잽싸셨어요 jaepssasyeosseoyo	잽싸셨습니다 jaepssasyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	잽싸시냐 jaepssasinya	잽싸셔 jaepssasyeo	잽싸세요, 잽싸셔요 jaepssaseyo, jaepssasyeoyo	잽싸십니까 jaepssasimnikka
	Past	잽싸셨냐 jaepssasyeonnya	잽싸셨어 jaepssasyeosseo	잽싸셨어요 jaepssasyeosseoyo	잽싸셨습니까 jaepssasyeotseumnikka
Assertive		잽싸시겠다 jaepssasigetda	잽싸시겠어 jaepssasigesseo	잽싸시겠어요 jaepssasigesseoyo	잽싸시겠습니다 jaepssasigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		잽싸셔 jaepssasyeo	잽싸셔서 jaepssasyeoseo	잽싸시니 jaepssasini	잽싸시니까 jaepssasinikka
Contrast		잽싸시지만 jaepssasijiman	잽싸신데 jaepssasinde	잽싸시더니 jaepssasideoni
Conjunction		잽싸시고 jaepssasigo
Condition		잽싸시면 jaepssasimyeon	잽싸셔야 jaepssasyeoya
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		잽싸심 jaepssasim	잽싸시기 jaepssasigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		잽싸셨음 jaepssasyeosseum	잽싸셨기 jaepssasyeotgi
Determiners	Present		잽싸신 jaepssasin
	Future		잽싸실 jaepssasil

Synonyms

• 날쌔다 (nalssaeda, “quick, nimble”)
• 재빠르다 (jaeppareuda, “quick, fast”)