못

See also: 못하다 and 㕦
못 U+BABB, 못
HANGUL SYLLABLE MOS
Composition:ㅁ + ㅗ + ㅅ
← 몺
[U+BABA] 		Hangul Syllables 몼 →
[U+BABC]
모목몪몫몬몭몮
몯몰몱몲몳몴몵
몶몷몸몹몺못몼
몽몾몿뫀뫁뫂뫃
몌 ←→ 뫄

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 몯〮 (Yale: mwót).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mot
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mos
McCune–Reischauer?mot
Yale Romanization?mos

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 못의 / 못에 / 못까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

못 • (mot)

  1. nail, peg, spike
  2. callosity, callus, blister

Etymology 2

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 못〮 (Yale: mwós).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mot
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mos
McCune–Reischauer?mot
Yale Romanization?mos

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 못의 / 못에 / 못까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

못 • (mot)

  1. pond
    Synonym: 연못 (yeonmot)
See also
  • 늪 (neup, “marsh, morass, swamp, bog”)
  • 둑 (duk, “dike”)
  • 해자(垓字) (haeja, “moat”)
  • 지당(池塘) (jidang, “pond”)

Etymology 3

From Middle Korean 몯〯 (mwǒt), from Old Korean 毛冬 (*mwotol).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [mo̞(ː)t̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [몯(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mot
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mos
McCune–Reischauer?mot
Yale Romanization?mōs

Adverb

못 • (mot)

  1. cannot
    나 오늘 못 가. ― na oneul mot ga. ― I can't go today.
  2. (by extension) poorly
    왜 이렇게 그림 못 그려? ― Wae ireoke geurim mot geuryeo? ― Why do you draw so poorly?
    Antonym: 잘 (jal, “well”)
Derived terms
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