-ㅯ-
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See also: ㅯ
Middle Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Korean
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]ㅯ (-ms-)
- (archaic) necessity-marking suffix attached to a verb stem, equivalent to English "it is fitting that..."
- 1490, 三綱行實圖諺解本 (Samgang Haengsildo Eonhaebon) [Korean Translation of the Illustrated Conduct of the Three Bonds]:
- 모로매
降 ᄒᆡ요려커든 내 알ᄑᆡ셔 주거뵈요ᇝ다- mwolwomay HANG-hoyyolyekhetun na-y alph-oysye cwuke-pwoyyomsta
- If you indeed wish to make me surrender, it is fitting that I die in front [of you] to show [that I will not surrender].
References
[edit]- 남풍현 (Nam Pung-hyun) (2010) “헌화가의 해독 [Heonhwaga-ui haedok, Interpretation of the Heonhwa-ga]”, in Gugyeol Yeon'gu, volume 24, pages 5–35