불길하다

Korean

Etymology

From 불길(不吉) (bulgil) +‎ -하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [puɭɡiɾɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bulgilhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bulgilhada
McCune–Reischauer?pulgirhada
Yale Romanization?pul.kil.hata

Adjective

불길하다 • (bulgilhada) (infinitive 불길해 or 불길하여, sequential 불길하니)

  1. inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, sinister
    화산재 구름 보통 구름처럼 보일 수도 있지만, 훨씬 불길하다.
    Hwasanjae gureum-eun botong gureum-cheoreom boil sudo itjiman, hwolssin deo bulgilhada.
    Ash clouds may look like normal weather clouds, but they are far more sinister.

Conjugation