-슴

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U+C2B4, 슴
HANGUL SYLLABLE SEUM
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Hangul Syllables

Korean

Etymology

Perhaps from Early Modern Korean ᄉᆞᆸ (-seup, declarative suffix of similar formal and polite meaning).

Suffix

(-seum)

  1. (Yukjin, Hamgyong, parts of Pyongan, Russia) In the formal polite style, the chief declarative suffix.
    Synonym: (Standard Korean) 습니다 (-seumnida)
    • 2016 September 8, 곽응호, “한국인의 밥상 ‘카레이스키의 아리랑’”, in KBC다큐, 카자흐스탄:
      원동에서
      na-neu wondong-eseo natseum
      I was born in the Russian Far East.