못

See also: 못하다
못 U+BABB, 못
HANGUL SYLLABLE MOS
Composition:ㅁ + ㅗ + ㅅ
Dubeolsik input:a-h-t
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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

Prefix

못— • (mot-)

  1. cannot; inability
    Used before a 동사 (dongsa, “verb”) to indicate inability.
    • 못하다 ― mothada ― cannot do
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