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Korean
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | ssak |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | ssag |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | ssak |
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| Yale Romanization? | ssak |
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Etymology 1
First attested in the Won'gakgyeong eonhae (圓覺經諺解 / 원각경언해), 1465, as Middle Korean 삯〮 (Yale: sáks).
Spontaneous gemination of the initial consonant is a periodic phenomenon in Early Modern and Modern Korean, influenced by sound symbolic effects.
Noun
싹 • (ssak)
- bud; shoot; sprout
- Synonyms: 눈 (nun), 움 (um)
- omen
Derived terms
- 새싹 (saessak, “(literally) new bud”)
- 싹트다 (ssakteuda, “to bud; to sprout”)
See also
Etymology 2
Intensification of 삭 (sak).
Ideophone
싹 • (ssak)
- (onomatopoeia, of paper, etc.) while cutting in one ready stroke
- (by extension) while pushing, while extending (a line on paper, etc.)
- truly entirely; truly sweepingly
이 잔 깬 사람들 싹 안 나와?- I jan kkaen saram-deul ssak an nawa?
- Every single person who broke this cup, come out!