즛
Middle Korean
Etymology
From Old Korean 皃 *CUS, attested together with a nominative case marker as 皃史 *CUs-i in Ujeok-ga and Mojukjirang-ga and also in Idu texts. The nature of Old Korean orthography, where only the final coda consonant of a noun is written phonetically, means that the only thing that can said about the Old Korean form is that its coda consonant was *-s.
Alternative forms
- (connective) 즈ᇫ
Pronunciation
(isolated) IPA(key): /tsɨs/
(connective) IPA(key): /tsɨz/
Noun
즛 (transliteration needed) (cus)
- visage; appearance; shape (e.g. of a person)
- 1459, Worin seokbo:
- 다ᄉᆞᆺ 羅刹女l 골 업슨 즈ᇫ을 지ᅀᅡ
- tases LACHALNYE-i kwol eps-un cuz-ul ciz-a
- The five female demons formed a hideous appearance
- (by extension) situation; circumstances; behavior
Descendants
- Korean: 짓 (jit, “act; movement; behavior”)