Korean

Suffix

스럽다 • ‎(seureopda)

1. Attached after nouns or roots, to form adjectives expressing the sense of "to have the property/feeling of". Forms p-irregular adjectives.

   바보 → 바보스럽다‎ ― babo → baboseureopda ― fool → foolish

   사랑 → 사랑스럽다‎ ― sarang → sarangseureopda ― love → lovely

Derived terms

• 걱정스럽다 (geokjeongseureopda, “anxious”)
• 다행스럽다 (多幸—, dahaengseureopda, “happy”)
• 만족스럽다 (滿足—, manjokseureopda, “satisfied”)
• 자연스럽다 (自然—, jayeonseureopda, “natural”)
• 한심스럽다 (寒心—, hansimseureopda, “bitterly disappointed”)

See also

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

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