-슴

See also: 合

Korean

Etymology

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

Suffix

슴 • (-seum)

  1. (Yukjin, Hamgyong, parts of Pyongan) In the formal polite style, the chief declarative suffix.
    Synonym: (Standard Korean) 습니다 (-seumnida)
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