었

었 U+C5C8, 었
HANGUL SYLLABLE EOSS
Composition:ㅇ + ㅓ + ㅆ
Dubeolsik input:d-j-T
← 엇
[U+C5C7] 		Hangul Syllables 엉 →
[U+C5C9]

Korean

Etymology 1
어억얶얷언얹얺
얻얼얽얾얿엀엁
엂엃엄업없엇었
엉엊엋엌엍엎엏
얘 ←→ 에

Syllable

었 • (eot)

  1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅇ, ㅓ, and ㅆ.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms
  • 았 (at, “at”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[ʌ̹t̚]
  • Phonetic Hangul[얻]
Revised Romanization? eot
Revised Romanization (translit.)? eoss
McCune–Reischauer? ŏt
Yale Romanization? ess

Suffix

—었 • (-eot)

  1. -ed (past tense marker for sentence-final verbs and adjectives)
    그것들은 정말 간단한 것들이었다.
    Geugeotdeureun jeongmal gandanhan geotdeurieotda.
    They were really simple things.
Usage notes

었 (eot, “eot”) is used after syllables with “dark” vowels, i.e. 어 (eo, “eo”) and 우 (u, “u”). After “bright” vowels, 았 (at, “at”) is used instead. If the syllable to which 었 (eot, “eot”) is appended ends in the vowel 어 (eo, “eo”) or 으 (eu, “eu”), the two syllables usually contract:

  • 서다 (seoda, “to stand; to stop”): 서 (seo, “seo”) + 었 (eot, “-ed”) + 다 (da, “da”): 섰다 (seotda, “stood, stopped”)
  • 쓰다 (sseuda, “to write; to be bitter”): 쓰 (sseu, “sseu”) + 었 (eot, “-ed”) + 다 (da, “da”): 썼다 (seotda, “wrote, was bitter”)
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