설

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설 U+C124, 설
HANGUL SYLLABLE SEOL
Composition:ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄹ
← 섣
 		Hangul Syllables 섥 →
서석섞섟선섡섢
섣설섥섦섧섨섩
섪섫섬섭섮섯섰
성섲섳섴섵섶섷
섀 ←→ 세

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 설〯 (Yale: sěl).

The word originally meant both "New Year" and "year of age". The two terms are connected; in Korea, one gains a new year of age at every New Year (so that all people born in the same year have the same age). In the eighteenth century, speakers created the new term 살 (sal, “year of age”) by using a yang-vowel alternation of 설 (seol). 설 (seol) and 살 (sal) are one of a number of Korean noun pairs with yin-yang vowel alternation which were originally the same word.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seol
McCune–Reischauer?sŏl
Yale Romanization?sēl
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 설의 / 설에 / 설까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

Noun

설 • (seol)

  1. Korean New Year
    Synonyms: 설날 (seollal), 구정(舊正) (gujeong)
    설이면 온 가족이 모여서 윷놀이를 하곤 한다. ― Seor-i-myeon on gajog-i moyeoseo yunnori-reul hagon handa. ― On New Year's Day, the entire family would gather to play yunnori.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 說.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seol
McCune–Reischauer?sŏl
Yale Romanization?sel

Noun

설 • (seol) (hanja 說)

  1. theory; opinion, view
  2. rumour
Derived terms

Root

설 • (seol) (hanja 說)

  1. Root of 설(說)하다 (seolhada, “to preach”). Rarely used alone.

Suffix

—설 • (-seol) (hanja 說)

  1. theory
    ‎지동(地動) (jidong, “Earth rotation”) + ‎설(說) (seol, “theory”) → ‎지동설(地動說) (jidongseol, “Heliocentric theory”)
Derived terms
See also
    Korean terms suffixed with -설 (說)
    음모설
    지동설
    천동설

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

Noun

설〯 (sěl) (locative 서〯레〮 (sěl-éy))

  1. year of age
    • 1459, 月印釋譜 / 월인석보 [Worin seokbo], page 8:101b:
      죠〯ᅌᅵ〮 ᄒᆞᆫ〮 아ᄃᆞ〮ᄅᆞᆯ〮 나하〮ᄂᆞᆯ〮 그 아〮기〮 닐굽〮 설〯 머거〮 […]
      cywǒng-í hón àtól-ól nàhánól kù ákí nìlkwúp sěl mèké
      The servant gives birth to a son, and the baby grows to be seven years old
  2. New Year
    • 1459, 月印釋譜 / 월인석보 [Worin seokbo], pages 2:68b–69a:
      道(또ᇢ〯)士(ᄊᆞᆼ〯)ᄃᆞᆯ〮히〮 서〯레〮 님〯금〮 뵈〯ᅀᆞ〮ᄫᅩ라〮 모다〮 왯〮다가〮 […]
      TTWǑW.SSǑ-tólh-í sěl-éy nǐmkúm pwǒyzóWwòlá mwòtá wáystàká
      When the priests gathered to see the king for the New Year

Descendants

  • Korean: 설 (seol, “New Year”), 살 (sal, “year of age”)
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