들

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See also: -들
들 U+B4E4, 들
HANGUL SYLLABLE DEUL
Composition:ㄷ + ㅡ + ㄹ
← 듣
 		Hangul Syllables 듥 →
드득듞듟든듡듢
듣들듥듦듧듨듩
듪듫듬듭듮듯듰
등듲듳듴듵듶듷
듀 ←→ 듸

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 드릏〮 (Yale: tùlúh), and subsequently as 듫〯 (Yale: tǔlh), the contracted form.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?deul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?deul
McCune–Reischauer?tŭl
Yale Romanization?tūl
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 들의 / 들에 / 들까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

Noun

들 • (deul)

  1. meadow, field, plain
    Synonyms: 들판 (deulpan), 평야(平野) (pyeong'ya)
Derived terms

Prefix

들— • (deul-)

  1. (of an animal or plant) wild, untamed
Derived terms
Korean terms prefixed with 들-

Etymology 2

See the main entries.

Verb

들 • (deul)

  1. Future adnominal of 들다 (deulda, “to enter”): which will enter
  2. Future adnominal of 들다 (deulda, “to hold”): which will hold; which will be held

Further reading

  • 정해 (Hui Zheng) (2011) “한국어 복수표지 '들'에 관하여 [han'gugeo boksupyoji deul e gwanhayeo, On the Korean plural marker tul]”, in Eoneohak yeon'gu, volume 19, pages 281—302
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