가라앉다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Sinjeonjachwi yeomchobang eonhae (新傳煮取焰硝方諺解 / 신전자취염초방언해), 1635, as Early Modern Korean ᄀᆞ라앉다 (Yale: kolaancta). From the now-lost root *kol- ("to flow"), whence also the obsolete words 가람 (garam, “river”) and 걸 (geol, “ditch”), and the verb 앉다 (anda, “to sit”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾa̠a̠nt͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [가라안따]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	garaanda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	galaanjda
McCune–Reischauer?	karaanta
Yale Romanization?	kalaancta

Verb

가라앉다 • (garaanda) (infinitive 가라앉아, sequential 가라앉으니)

1. to sink, to go down

   물에 수영할 거면 가라앉지 마세요!

   mure suyeonghal geomyeon garaanji maseyo!

   If you're going to go swimming in the water, please don't sink!

2. to cool off, to cool down, to settle down
3. to abate, to soothe

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the verb 가라앉다 (garaanda): consonant-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	가라앉는다 garaanneunda	가라앉아 garaanja	가라앉아요 garaanjayo	가라앉습니다 garaanseumnida
	Past	가라앉았다 garaanjatda	가라앉았어 garaanjasseo	가라앉았어요 garaanjasseoyo	가라앉았습니다 garaanjatseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	가라앉느냐 garaanneunya	가라앉아 garaanja	가라앉아요 garaanjayo	가라앉습니까 garaanseumnikka
	Past	가라앉았느냐 garaanjanneunya	가라앉았어 garaanjasseo	가라앉았어요 garaanjasseoyo	가라앉았습니까 garaanjatseumnikka
Hortative		가라앉자 garaanja	가라앉아 garaanja	가라앉아요 garaanjayo	가라앉으십시다 garaanjeusipsida
Imperative		가라앉아라 garaanjara	가라앉아 garaanja	가라앉아요 garaanjayo	가라앉읍시오 garaanjeupsio
Assertive		가라앉겠다 garaan'getda	가라앉겠어 garaan'gesseo	가라앉겠어요 garaan'gesseoyo	가라앉겠습니다 garaan'getseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		가라앉아 garaanja	가라앉아서 garaanjaseo	가라앉으니 garaanjeuni	가라앉으니까 garaanjeunikka
Contrast		가라앉지만 garaanjiman	가라앉는데 garaanneunde	가라앉더니 garaandeoni
Conjunction		가라앉고 garaan'go
Condition		가라앉으면 garaanjeumyeon	가라앉아야 garaanjaya
Motive		가라앉으려고 garaanjeuryeogo
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		가라앉음 garaanjeum	가라앉기 garaan'gi
Past-tense verbal nouns		가라앉았음 garaanjasseum	가라앉았기 garaanjatgi
Determiners	Past	가라앉은 garaanjeun
	Present	가라앉는 garaanneun
	Future	가라앉을 garaanjeul

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	가라앉으신다 garaanjeusinda	가라앉으셔 garaanjeusyeo	가라앉으세요, 가라앉으셔요 garaanjeuseyo, garaanjeusyeoyo	가라앉으십니다 garaanjeusimnida
	Past	가라앉으셨다 garaanjeusyeotda	가라앉으셨어 garaanjeusyeosseo	가라앉으셨어요 garaanjeusyeosseoyo	가라앉으셨습니다 garaanjeusyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	가라앉으시느냐 garaanjeusineunya	가라앉으셔 garaanjeusyeo	가라앉으세요, 가라앉으셔요 garaanjeuseyo, garaanjeusyeoyo	가라앉으십니까 garaanjeusimnikka
	Past	가라앉으셨느냐 garaanjeusyeonneunya	가라앉으셨어 garaanjeusyeosseo	가라앉으셨어요 garaanjeusyeosseoyo	가라앉으셨습니까 garaanjeusyeotseumnikka
Imperative		가라앉으시라 garaanjeusira	가라앉으셔 garaanjeusyeo	가라앉으세요 garaanjeuseyo	가라앉으십시오 garaanjeusipsio
Assertive		가라앉으시겠다 garaanjeusigetda	가라앉으시겠어 garaanjeusigesseo	가라앉으시겠어요 garaanjeusigesseoyo	가라앉으시겠습니다 garaanjeusigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		가라앉으셔 garaanjeusyeo	가라앉으셔서 garaanjeusyeoseo	가라앉으시니 garaanjeusini	가라앉으시니까 garaanjeusinikka
Contrast		가라앉으시지만 garaanjeusijiman	가라앉으시는데 garaanjeusineunde	가라앉으시더니 garaanjeusideoni
Conjunction		가라앉으시고 garaanjeusigo
Condition		가라앉으시면 garaanjeusimyeon	가라앉으셔야 garaanjeusyeoya
Motive		가라앉으시려고 garaanjeusiryeogo
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		가라앉으심 garaanjeusim	가라앉으시기 garaanjeusigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		가라앉으셨음 garaanjeusyeosseum	가라앉으셨기 garaanjeusyeotgi
Determiners	Past	가라앉으신 garaanjeusin
	Present	가라앉으시는 garaanjeusineun
	Future	가라앉으실 garaanjeusil

Related terms

• Causative: 가라앉히다 (garaanchida)
• Abbreviation: 갈앉다 (garanda)
• Misspelling: 까라앉다 (kkaraanda)