사잇소리

Korean
Examples

햇빛 (haetbit, “sunshine”) from 해 (hae, “sun”) + -s- + 빛 (bit, “light”), etymologically "light of the sun"

문법 (文法, munppeop, “grammar”) from 문 (文, mun, “writing”) + -s- + 법 (法, beop, “law”), etymologically "law of writing"

사잇소리 (saitsori) from 사이 (sai, “interval”) + -s- + 소리 (sori, “sound”), etymologically "sound of the interval"

Etymology

사이 (sai, “interval”) +‎ ㅅ (s, genitive morpheme) +‎ 소리 (sori, “sound”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠iss͈o̞ɾi]
  • Phonetic hangeul: [사읻쏘리]
Revised Romanization? saitsori
Revised Romanization (translit.)? saissoli
McCune–Reischauer? saissori
Yale Romanization? saisqsoli

Noun

사잇소리 • (saitsori)

  1. (phonology) an intervening phone in compound words
  2. (phonology) specifically, a Korean morpheme (historically /-s-/, now usually surfacing as a tensing or gemination of the subsequent consonant) which was once a genitive marker and is still used to form compound words
    Synonym: 사이시옷 (saisiot)

Usage notes

See more on the entry for ㅅ.

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