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Korean
Etymology 1
First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 설〯 (Yale: sěl).
The word originally meant both "New Year" and "year of age". The two terms are connected; in Korea, one gains a new year of age at every New Year (so that all people born in the same year have the same age). In the eighteenth century, speakers created the new term 살 (sal, “year of age”) by using a yang-vowel alternation of 설 (seol). 설 (seol) and 살 (sal) are one of a number of Korean noun pairs with yin-yang vowel alternation which were originally the same word.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰɘ(ː)ɭ]
- Phonetic hangul: [설(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | seol |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seol |
McCune–Reischauer? | sŏl |
Yale Romanization? | sēl |
- South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 설의 / 설에 / 설까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.
Noun
설 • (seol)
- Korean New Year
- Synonyms: 설날 (seollal), 구정(舊正) (gujeong)
- 설이면 온 가족이 모여서 윷놀이를 하곤 한다. ― seol-i-myeon on gajog-i moyeoseo yunnori-reul hagon handa. ― On New Year's Day, the entire family would gather to play yunnori.
Derived terms
- 까치설 (kkachiseol)
- 설날 (seollal)
- 설눈 (seollun)
- 설떡 (seoltteok)
- 설밑 (seolmit)
- 설밥 (seolbap)
- 설술 (seolsul)
- 설장 (—場, seoljang)
- 작은설 (jageunseol)
Related terms
- 섣달 (seotdal)
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 說 (說).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰʌ̹ɭ]
- Phonetic hangul: [설]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | seol |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seol |
McCune–Reischauer? | sŏl |
Yale Romanization? | sel |
Noun
설 • (seol) (hanja 說)
- theory; opinion, view
- rumour
Derived terms
- 썰 (sseol)
Root
설 • (seol) (hanja 說)
- Root of 설(說)하다 (seolhada, “to preach”). Rarely used alone.
Suffix
—설 • (-seol) (hanja 說)
- theory
- 지동(地動) (jidong, “Earth rotation”) + 설(說) (seol, “theory”) → 지동설(地動說) (jidongseol, “Heliocentric theory”)
Derived terms
- See the hanja entry at 說 (說) for Sino-Korean compounds of 설 (說, seol).
See also
- Korean terms suffixed with -설 (說)
Middle Korean
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sə̌l/
Noun
설〯 (sěl) (locative 서〯레〮 (sěl-éy))
- year of age
- 1459, Worin seokbo 月印釋譜 / 월인석보, page 8:101b:
- 죠〯ᅌᅵ〮 ᄒᆞᆫ〮 아ᄃᆞ〮ᄅᆞᆯ〮 나하〮ᄂᆞᆯ〮 그 아〮기〮 닐굽〮 설〯 머거〮 […]
- cywǒng-í hón àtól-ól nàhánól kù ákí nìlkwúp sěl mèké
- The servant gives birth to a son, and the baby grows to be seven years old […]
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- New Year
- 1459, Worin seokbo 月印釋譜 / 월인석보, page 2:68b–69a:
- 道士ᄃᆞᆯ〮히〮 서〯레〮 님〯금〮 뵈〯ᅀᆞ〮ᄫᅩ라〮 모다〮 왯〮다가〮 […]
- TTWǑW.SSǑ-tólh-í sěl-éy nǐmkúm pwǒyzóWwòlá mwòtá wáystàká
- When the priests gathered to see the king for the New Year […]
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Descendants
- Korean: 설 (seol, “New Year”), 살 (sal, “year of age”)