-스럽다

Korean

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰɯɾʌ̹p̚t͈a̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seureopda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seuleobda
McCune–Reischauer?sŭrŏpta
Yale Romanization?sulepta

Suffix

-스럽다 • (-seureopda) (irregular, infinitive 스러워, sequential 스러우니)

  1. Attached after nouns or roots, to form adjectives expressing the sense of "to have the property/feeling of". Forms p-irregular adjectives.
    바보바보스럽다
    fool → foolish
    사랑사랑스럽다
    love → lovely

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

  • Adverbial: -스레 (-seure)
  • Similar adjectival suffixes: -답다 (-dapda), -되다 (-doeda), -롭다 (-ropda)