이기다

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Contents 1 Korean 1.1 Verb 1.1.1 Alternative spellings 1.1.2 Synonyms 1.1.3 Antonyms 1.1.4 Derived terms 1.1.5 Related terms 1.1.6 See also

[edit] Korean

[edit] Verb

이기다 (igida) infinitive 이겨 or 이기어, sequential 이기니

1. To win, beat, defeat, gain (war, battle, fight, game, contest, competition)
   • 왔다, 보았다, 이겼다. (wassda, boassda, igyeossda.) I came, I saw, I won. (veni, vidi, vici.) (Note: Korean and Latin often do without the subject.)
2. To overcome, surmount, suppress (crisis, hardship, temptation, etc.)
3. To knead (dough)

[edit] Alternative spellings

• 니긔다 (niguida) (obsolete) To win; overcome
• 니기다 (nigida) (obsolete) To knead

[edit] Synonyms

• 쳐부수다 (chyeobusuda) To defeat, destroy
• 물리치다 (mullichida) To defeat, fight back
• 억누르다 (eognureuda, eok-) To overcome, surmount, suppress
• 주무르다 (jumureuda) To massage, knead, finger, control
  • 그는 아무나 떡 주무르듯 다룬다. (geu-neun amuna tteog jumureudeus darunda.) He treats anyone as if kneading dough.
• 승리하다 (勝利-, seungri-hada) To win, triumph

[edit] Antonyms

• 지다 (jida) To lose (war, battle, fight, game, contest, competition)
• 패배하다 (敗北-, paebae-hada)

[edit] Derived terms

• 이겨내다 (igyeo-naeda) To overcome, surmount (crisis, hardship, temptation)

[edit] Related terms

• 싸우다 (ssauda) (verb)
• 싸움 (ssaum) war, battle, fight, struggle, quarrel, dispute
• 다투다 (datuda) (verb)
• 다툼 (datum) strife, contest, competition
• 어렵다 ('eoryeobda, eoryeopda) (adjective)
• 어려움 (eoryeoum) hardship, difficulty, obstacle

[edit] See also

• 비기다 (bigida) To match, tie, equalize (the score in a game or contest)
• 비키다 (bikida) To remove, relocate, displace, withdraw, retire, avoid cf. Latin vici from vincere "win, defeat"
  • 저리 비켜! (jeori bikyeo!) Go away over there! Get out of here!