Etymology 1
First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 셤〯 (Yale: syěm).
Possibly related to Baekje 斯麻 (*syema, “island”) and Japanese 島 (shima, “island”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰɘ(ː)m]
- Phonetic hangul: [섬(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
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Noun
섬 • (seom)
- island, islet or insular
Derived terms
- 돌섬 (dolseom)
- 모래섬 (moraeseom)
- 바위섬 (bawiseom)
- 섬나라 (seomnara)
- 섬마을 (seomma'eul)
- 섬참새 (seomchamsae)
- 섬촉새 (seomchoksae)
Etymology 2
First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 셤〮 (Yale: syém).
Pronunciation
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Noun
섬 • (seom)
- straw bag / sack (used to hold grain)
Derived terms
- 겻섬 (gyeotseom)
- 볏섬 (byeotseom)
- 섬거적 (seomgeojeok)
- 섬밥 (seombap)
- 섬벼 (seombyeo)
- 섬통 (seomtong)
- 숯섬 (sutseom)
- 쌀섬 (ssalseom)
Counter
섬 • (seom)
- a seom, a traditional Korean unit of volume equal to approximately 180 litres; mostly used when measuring grain such as rice
- Synonym: 석(石) (seok)
Etymology 3
First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 섬〮 (Yale: sém).
Pronunciation
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Etymology 4
Sino-Korean word from 銛.
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Etymology 5
See the main entry.
Etymology 6
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable
섬 (seom)
More information
- 纖:
- (MC reading: 纖 (MC sjem))
- 殲: annihilation
- (eumhun reading: 다죽일 섬 (dajugil seom))
(MC reading: 殲 (MC tsjem))
- 閃: flash
- (eumhun reading: 번쩍일 섬 (beonjjeogil seom))
(MC reading: 閃 (MC syemX|syemH))
- 蟾:
- (MC reading: 蟾 (MC tsyem|dzyem))
- 暹:
- (MC reading: 暹 (MC sjem))
- 贍:
- (MC reading: 贍 (MC dzyemH))
- 剡:
- (MC reading: 剡 (MC yemX|dzyemX))
- 陝:
- (MC reading: 陝 (MC syemX))
- 孅:
- (MC reading: 孅 (MC sjem))
- 憸:
- (MC reading: 憸 (MC sjem|tshjem|xjemX|tshjemX))
- 摻:
- (MC reading: 摻 (MC sream|sreamX))
- 睒:
- (MC reading: 睒 (MC syemX|thamH))
- 譫:
- (MC reading: 譫 (MC dap|tsyap))
- 銛:
- (MC reading: 銛 (MC sjem|themX|kwat))
- 韱:
- (MC reading: 韱 (MC sjem))
References
Vovin, Alexander (2013) “From Koguryo to T'amna”, in Korean Linguistics, volume 15, number 2 (PDF), John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, pages 222-240.