안직

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Korean 안직〮 (Yale: àncík); see the main entry for more.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠ɲd͡ʑik̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [안직]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	anjik
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	anjig
McCune–Reischauer?	anjik
Yale Romanization?	an.cik

Adverb

안직 • (anjik)

1. (Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Hwanghae, Seoul) Dialectal form of 아직 (ajik, “still; not yet”).

   안직 안 끝났냐?

   Anjik an kkeunnannya?

   Are you still not finished?

Middle Korean

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /àn.t͡sík/, [àn.d͡ʑík̚]

Adverb

안직〮 (àncík)

1. still

   Synonym: ᄉᆞᆫᄌᆡ〮 (sòncóy)

2. (with explicit or implicit verbal negation) yet; not yet

   Synonym: ᄉᆞᆫᄌᆡ〮 (sòncóy)

3. for a while
4. from now on
5. for now, for the time being

Alternative forms

• 아직〮 (àcík), 안ᄌᆞᆨ〮 (àncók)

Descendants

• Korean: 아직 (ajik), 안직 (anjik), 안즉 (anjeuk)

Etymology 2

From Old Korean 最只 (*ANCik).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /án.t͡sìk/, [án.d͡ʑìk̚]

Adverb

안〮직 (áncìk)

1. most, -est (adds superlative meaning to adjectives)

   Synonym: ᄆᆞᆺ〮 (mós)

2. extremely, completely (adds intensive meaning to verbs)

   Synonym: ᄀᆞ자ᇰ〮 (kòcáng)

References

• 박선우 [bakseonu] (1998) “중세어 부사 '안직, 아직, ᄆᆞᆺ, ᄀᆞ자ᇰ'의 의미연구 [Study on the semantics of Middle Korean adverbs ancik, acik, mos, kocang]”, in Han'gugeohak, volume 7, pages 159—191