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새벽
새벽
Korean
Alternative forms
- 새박 (saebak) (obsolete)
- 새배 (saebae) (obsolete)
Noun
새벽 • (saebyeok)
- dawn; daybreak; cockcrow (also used to indicate time of the day, approximately from 1:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.)
- 새벽 세 시에 ― saebyeok se si-e ― at three a.m.
Synonyms
- 닭우리 (dalguri, “cockcrow, dawn, daybreak”) (obsolete)
- 동트기 (東트기, dongteugi, “east-crack, crack of dawn”)
- 갓밝이 (gatbalgi, “dawn, daybreak”)
- 밝이 (balgi, “dawn, daybreak”)
- 밝을녘 (balgeullyeok, “verge of daybreak”)
- 샐녘 (saellyeok, “verge of daybreak”)
- 해돋이 (haedoji, “sunrise”)
- 여명 (黎明, yeomyeong, “dawn, daybreak”)
Antonyms
- 땅거미 (ttanggeomi, “darkness (after sunset)”)
- 저녁 (jeonyeok, “evening, after sunset”)
- 해질녘 (haejillyeok, “verge of sunset”)
- 해넘이 (haeneomi, “sunset”)
Derived terms
- 새벽녘 (saebyeongnyeok, “verge of dawn”)
- 새벽달 (saebyeokdal, “moon at dawn”)
- 새벽닭 (-darg, -dark) cock at dawn
- 새벽바람 (-baram) wind at dawn
- 새벽밥 (-bab, -bap) meal at dawn
- 새벽일 (-il, -ir) work at dawn
- 새벽잠 (-jam) sleep at dawn
- 새벽종 (-jong) bell at dawn
Related terms
- Related nouns
- 날 (nal) (nal, nar) day, daylight
- 닭 (dak) (darg, dark) cock
- 동 (dong) (東, dong) east
- 밝 (bak)음 (balgEum) brightening, brightness
- 벽 (byeok) (闢, byeog, byeok) break, crack, opening
- 별 (byeol) (byeol, byeor) star
- 빛 (bit) (bich, bit) light
- 새 (sae) (sae) (obsolete) east, gap
- 새별 (saebyeol) (saebyeol) (obsolete) morning star
- 샛별 (saetbyeol) (saesbyeol, saet-) morning star
- 해 (hae) (hae) sun
- Related verbs
- 해돋다 (hae-dodda, -dotda) (sun) To rise
- 해뜨다 (hae-tteuda) (sun) To rise
- 해넘어가다 (hae-neomEogada) (sun) To set
- 해지다 (hae-jida) (sun) To set
- 날저물다 (nal-jeomulda) (day) To end
- 날밝다 (nal-bargda, -barkda) (day) To brighten
- 날새다 (nal-saeda) (daylight) To leak
- 닭울다 (darg-ulda, dag-) (cock) To crow
- 동트다 (dong-teuda) (east) To break