아름답다
areumdapda · TOPIK 1
to be beautiful
🌸 아름 (areum, beauty) + 답다 (-dapda, to be like) = beauty-like
The ending -답다 turns a noun into 'worthy of being' that thing, as in 사람답다 (person-like) or 정답다 (affectionate). So 아름답다 is literally 'to be like 아름'. The root's origin is debated, but the pattern is reliable.