솔

Korean

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Noun

솔 • (sol)

1. brush (tool)

   Synonym: 브러시 (beureosi)

   솔로 닦다/털다 ― sol-lo dakda/teolda ― to wipe with a brush / to brush off

Derived terms

See also

• 붓 (but, “painting brush”)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

솔 • (sol) (counter 그루)

1. (now chiefly literary and poetic) pine (tree)

   Synonym: (more common) 소나무 (sonamu)

   산에는 사시사철 푸르른 솔이 울창히 들어서 있다. ― San-e-neun sasisacheol pureureun sor-i ulchang-hi deureoseo itda. ― The mountain is covered in pine whose leaves are green all year around.

   • 1984, 박영근／朴永根<t:Park Young-geun>, “솔아 푸른 솔아 [sora pureun sora, pine, O green pine]”, in 취업 공고판 앞에서 [chwieop gonggopan apeseo, In Front of the Job Board], Seoul: 청사／靑史:

     주저앉아 우는 누이들 / 옷고름 풀고 이름을 부르네. / 솔아 솔아 푸른 솔아 / 샛바람에 떨지 마라

     Jujeo-anja uneun nu'i-deul / otgoreum pulgo ireum-eul bureune. / sor-a sor-a pureun sor-a / saetbaram-e tteol-ji mara

     Brought to their knees in weeping, untying the knot on their chests, / the sisters thus bewail its name: / "pine, pine, O green pine, / shiver not in the easterly wind."

Derived terms

See also

• 松 (song), the hanja for "pine tree"

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian sol or some other European language.

Pronunciation

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Noun

솔 • (sol)

1. (music) sol (musical note)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English soul.

Pronunciation

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Noun

솔 • (sol)

1. Alternative form of 소울 (soul, “soul (music genre, etc.)”)

Etymology 5

Borrowed from English sol.

Pronunciation

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Noun

솔 • (sol)

1. (chemistry) sol (a type of colloid)

Alternative forms

• 졸 (jol) (from German)

Etymology 6

First attested in the Won'gakgyeong eonhae (圓覺經諺解 / 원각경언해), 1465, as Middle Korean 솔〯 (Yale: swǒl).

Displaced by 과녁 (gwanyeok), a nativized Sino-Korean word, as the general word for "target (in archery)".

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Noun

솔 • (sol)

1. (traditional archery) a target, especially one constructed by suspending a large piece of cloth between two poles

Derived terms

Etymology 7

Of native Korean origin.

Noun

솔 • (sol)

1. (Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong) Synonym of 부추 (buchu, “garlic chive”)

Etymology 8

See the main entry.

Adjective

솔 • (sol)

1. irrealis adnominal of 솔다 (solda)

Verb

솔 • (sol)

1. future determiner of 솔다 (solda)

Etymology 9

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

솔 (sol)

Middle Korean

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sól/

Noun

솔〮 (swól)

1. pine (tree)

Descendants

• Korean: 솔 (sol)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǒl/

Noun

솔〯 (swǒl)

1. brush (tool)

Descendants

• Korean: 솔 (sol)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǒl/

Noun

솔〯 (swǒl)

1. (archery) target
   • 1481, “鄭典設自施州歸 / 정곡설자시주귀”, in 分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해 [Bullyu Dugongbu Si Eonhae], page 19:29b:

     내〮 平ᄒᆞᆫ 肩輿ᄅᆞᆯ〮 뒷〮노니〮 앏길〮히 활 소ᄂᆞᆫ〮 솔〯 봄〯 ᄀᆞ〮ᄐᆞ〮니라〮

     ná-y PHYENG-hòn KYEN.YE-lól twú-ys-nwòní àlp kílh-ì hwàl swònón swǒl pwǒm kót-hónìlá

     Having but a modest palanquin, I look toward the road ahead as if I were aiming at a target with my bow.

   • 1517, 飜譯老乞大 / 번역노걸대 [The Old Cathayan], page 2:36b:

     우〮리〮 먼〯 솔〯 노하〮 두고〮 ᄡᅩ〮아〮

     wúlí měn swǒl nwòhá twùkwó pswóá

     We will place a far target to shoot.

Descendants

• Korean: 솔 (sol)