가볍다

gabyeopda · TOPIK 1

to be light (in weight)

🪶 gabyeop sounds like gab: light talk weighs nothing; -da = dictionary ending

The stem 가볍- (gabyeop) starts like English gab, meaning light, weightless chatter. Add -다, the dictionary-form ending. Its opposite is 무겁다 (mugeopda, heavy), built on the same -ㅂ다 pattern, so the two are easy to learn as a pair.

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