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Korean
- 리 (-ri) — after vowels and ㄹ (l)
Etymology
From Middle Korean 으〮리〮/ᄋᆞ〮리〮 (Yale: -úlí/ólí), from Old Korean 尸 (*-ulq, irrealis gerund marker) + 是 (*-i, either the nominative case marker or a semantically light noun).[1] Compare 으니 (-euni).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | euri |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | euli |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | ŭri |
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| Yale Romanization? | uli |
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Suffix
으리 • (-euri)
- (dated or poetic) In the plain style or in poetic monologue, a prospective suffix which attaches to verbs and adjectives:
- Marks one's speculation or prediction.
내 아들이 여기 있었거늘 이 봄을 보고 또 얼마나 웃었으리, 지독지정이 쓰라리기도 하구나.- Nae adeur-i yeogi isseotgeoneul i bom-eul bogo tto eolmana useosseuri, jidokjijeong-i sseurarigi-do haguna.
- If my son were here now, how much he would have smiled upon seeing this spring! A parent's love is bitter indeed.
- Marks one's desire or intention.
내 기필코 대의를 이루리.- Nae gipilko dae'ui-reul iruri.
- I will certainly achieve my great cause.
- (how) could...; marks a rhetorical question.
나라가 망하고도 이 몸이 살았으니 아니 죽고 어이리.- Nara-ga manghago-do i mom-i sarasseuni ani jukgo eoi-ri.
- The country is gone, but I am alive; what is there to do but to die?
Usage notes
- Since at least the fifteenth century, this suffix can be used both at the end of a verb/adjective, and after the stem but before another suffix. See Derived terms below.
Derived terms
References
- ^ 김지오 (Kim Ji-o) (2019) “고대국어 연결어미 연구의 현황과 과제 [godaegugeo yeon'gyeoreomi yeon'guui hyeonhwanggwa gwaje, The conditions and future tasks of analyzing connective endings in Old Korean]”, in Gugyeol Yeon'gu, volume 43, pages 55–87