알
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Korean
Etymology 1
| 아악앆앇안앉않 앋알앍앎앏앐앑 앒앓암압앖앗았 앙앚앛앜앝앞앟 | |
| 씨 ← | → 애 |
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Syllable
알 • (al)
- A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅇ, ㅏ, and ㄹ.
Etymology 2
First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 앓 (alh).
Noun
알 • (al)
- egg, roe (of fish)
- grain (of cereals)
- (chiefly as a suffix) ball (small round object)
Usage notes
- 알 (al) means "an egg of some animal that lays eggs", e.g., 새알 (saeal, “a bird's egg”), 메추리알 (mechurial, “a quail egg”), 개구리의 알 (gaeguriui al, “a frog's egg”).
- To mean a hen's egg (as in "boiled eggs"), 달걀 (dalgyal), or equivalently, 계란 (gyeran) is used.
- To mean an egg cell or ovum, 난자 (nanja) is used.
Derived terms
(egg):
- 달걀 (dalgyal) hen's egg
- 새알 (saeal) bird's egg
- 오리알 (orial) duck's egg
- 알까기 (alkkagi) hatching, incubation
- 알껍질 (alkkeopjil) egg shell
- 물고기알 (mulgogial)
(grain):
- 밀알 (miral) grain of wheat
- 쌀알 (ssaral) grain of rice
- 콩알 (kong-al) grain of bean
- 씨알 (ssial) grain of seed
- 알갱이 (algaeng-i) grain
(ball):
- 눈알 (nunal) eyeball
- 밤알 (bamal)
- 불알 (bural) testicle, testis
- 총알 (chong-al) bullet
- 알맹이 (almaeng-i) core
- 알몸 (almom) naked
Related terms
- 아들 (adeul) son
- 얼 (eol) soul, spirit
- 얼굴 (eolgul) face
- 딸 (ttal) daughter
- 씨앗 (ssiat) seed, grain
See also
- 배다 (baeda) to bear (eggs)
- 낳다 (nata) to lay (eggs)
- 품다 (pumda) to incubate (literally, "to sit on", eggs)
- 까다 (kkada) to hatch (eggs)
- 노른자위 (noreunjawi) yolk
- 흰자위 (huinjawi) albumen, egg white
- 병아리 (byeong-ari) chick, chicken
- 계란 (鷄卵, gyeran) hen's egg
- 부화 (孵化, buhwa) incubation, hatching
- 곤이 (鯤鮞, goni)
- 캐비어 (kaebieo)
- 캐비아 (kaebia)