사이시옷

Korean

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[sʰa̠iɕʰio̞t̚]
  • Phonetic Hangul[사이시옫]
Revised Romanization? saisiot
Revised Romanization (translit.)? saisios
McCune–Reischauer? saisiot
Yale Romanization? saisios

Noun

사이시옷 • (saisiot)

  1. The Hangul consonant "ㅅ" (similar to "s") that is inserted between the two agglutinating words, or more precisely, added to the end of the first word (ending with a vowel in modern Korean), for one reason or another:
    • For serving as a genitive case similar to the English 's,
      e.g., 나랏말씀 (naras-malsseum, narat-) "nation's or national language"
    • For more adaptive pronunciation of such words,
      e.g., 나뭇잎 (namus-ip, namut-nip, namunnip) "tree leaf," 멧돼지 (mes-dwaeji, met-ttwaeji) wild boar, literally, "mountain boar"

Alternative forms
  • 사이시읏 (saisieut)

See also
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