-ㅯ-

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Middle Korean

Etymology

From Old Korean 音叱 (*-ms).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ms/

Suffix

ㅯ (-ms-)

  1. (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 to show .

References

  • 남풍현 (Nam Pung-hyun) (2010) “헌화가의 해독 [Heonhwaga-ui haedok, Interpretation of the Heonhwa-ga]”, in Gugyeol Yeon'gu, volume 24, pages 5–35
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