사이시옷

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠iɕʰio̞t̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [사이시옫]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	saisiot
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	saisios
McCune–Reischauer?	saisiot
Yale Romanization?	saisios

Noun

사이시옷 • (saisiot)

1. The Hangul consonant "ㅅ" (similar to "s") that is inserted between the two agglutinating words, or more precisely, added to the end of the first word (ending with a vowel in modern Korean), for one reason or another:
   • For serving as a genitive case similar to the English 's,
     e.g., 나랏말씀 (naras-malsseum, narat-) "nation's or national language"
   • For more adaptive pronunciation of such words,
     e.g., 나뭇잎 (namus-ip, namut-nip, namunnip) "tree leaf," 멧돼지 (mes-dwaeji, met-ttwaeji) wild boar, literally, "mountain boar"

Alternative forms

• 사이시읏 (saisieut)

Related terms

• 사이 (sai): interval
• 시옷 (siot): The Hangul consonant similar to /s/.

See also

• -ㅅ- (-s-)
• Fugen-s (similar German phenomenon)