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Korean learner dictionary

-껏

-kkeot · -kkeot

NIKL-backed definitions, English glosses, pronunciation, examples, and learner-level context.

Dictionary entry

NIKL target code 73339
Part of speech: 접사
  1. 1.

    ‘그것이 닿는 데까지’의 뜻을 더하고 부사로 만드는 접미사.

    English: -kkeot — A suffix that means "as much as possible" and makes the word an adverb.

    Examples

    • 기껏
    • 능력껏
    • 마음껏
    • 맘껏
    • 목청껏
    • 성심껏
  2. 2.

    ‘그때까지 내내’의 뜻을 더하는 접미사.

    English: -kkeot — A suffix used to mean "all the time until then."

    Examples

    • 밤새껏
    • 아직껏
    • 여태껏
    • 이때껏
    • 이제껏
    • 지금껏