녘

Korean

Alternative forms

• 녁 (nyeok) (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 녘 (Yale: nyekh). From obsolete 녑 (nyeop, “side”), whence modern 옆 (yeop, “side”). It escaped the regular word-initial ny > y sound change as it was chiefly found as the second component of compounds expressing directions and proximity in time.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɲʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [녁]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	nyeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	nyeok
McCune–Reischauer?	nyŏk
Yale Romanization?	nyekh

Noun

녘 • (nyeok)

1. (suffix to nouns) area, direction, part, side, vicinity (in space); proximity (in time)

Synonyms

• (in space):
  • 가 (ga, “bound, edge, margin, side, verge, vicinity”)
  • 가장자리 (gajangjari, “bound, edge, margin, side, verge, vicinity”)
  • 곁 (gyeot, “side, vicinity”)
  • 옆 (yeop, “side, flank, vicinity”)
  • 쪽 (jjok, “side, direction”)
  • 쯤 (jjeum, “vicinity, proximity”)

• (in time):
  • 무렵 (muryeop, “proximity (in time)”)

Antonyms

• 가운데 (gaunde, “middle”)

Derived terms

in space

• 길녘 (gillyeok, “roadside”)
• 오른녘 (oreunnyeok, “right hand side”)
• 왼녘 (oennyeok, “left hand side”)
• 남녘 (namnyeok, “southern area”)
• 서녘 (seonyeok, “western area”)
• 아랫녘 (araennyeok, “lower part”)
• 윗녘 (winnyeok, “upper part”)

in time

• 새벽녘 (saebyeongnyeok, “dawn”)
• 해뜰녘 (haetteullyeok, “sunrise”)
• 해질녘 (haejillyeok, “sunset”)