못

못

See also: 못하다

못 U+BABB, 못 HANGUL SYLLABLE MOS Composition: ㅁ + ㅗ + ㅅ Dubeolsik input: a-h-t ← 몺 [U+BABA] Hangul Syllables 몼 → [U+BABC]

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Hunmin jeongeum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 몯 (Yale: mwot).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[mo̞t̚]
• Phonetic Hangul[몯]

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

Noun

못 • (mot)

1. nail, peg, spike
2. callosity, callus, corn
3. pond

See also

• 늪 (neup, “marsh, morass, swamp, bog”)
• 둑 (duk, “dike”)
• 해자 (垓字, haeja, “moat”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[mo̞ːt̚]
• Phonetic Hangul[몯:]

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

Adverb

못 • (mot)

1. cannot
   • 못 먹는 감 찔러나 본다.

     Mot meongneun gam jjilleona bonda.

     One may be ill-tempered to prick the persimmon that he cannot eat.

Antonyms

• 잘 (jal, “well”)

Derived terms

• 잘못 (jalmot, “mistake”)
• 못하다 (mothada, “cannot do”)

Prefix

못— • (mot-)

1. cannot; inability

   Used before a 동사 (dongsa, “verb”) to indicate inability.

   • 못하다 ― mothada ― cannot do