씨발
Korean
Alternative forms
- 18, 시발 (sibal), 씨팔 (ssipal), 씨배 (ssibae)
- ㅅㅂ, ㅆㅂ — chat abbreviation
- sival (sival) — Internet slang
- Tlqkf (Tlqkf)
Etymology
From the verb form 씹할 (ssiphal, “who will fuck”), clipped from the phrase 씹할 놈 (ssiphal nom, “bastard who will fuck”), itself ultimately from 지 어미 씹할 놈 (ji eomi ssiphal nom, “that bastard who will fuck his own mother”) or 니 어미 씹할 놈 (ni eomi ssiphal nom, “you bastard who will fuck your own mother”). See Cho Hang-beom 2019, pp. 399–402. Not attested until recently, but this may be due to prudishness.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɕ͈iba̠ɭ]
- Phonetic hangul: [씨발]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | ssibal |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | ssibal |
| McCune–Reischauer? | ssibal |
| Yale Romanization? | ssipal |
Interjection
씨발 • (ssibal)
Related terms
(from the same vulgar phrase)
- 니애미 (niaemi, literally “your mother”)
- 니미럴 (nimireol, literally “with your mother”)
- 지미랄 (jimiral, literally “with his mother”)
- 씨팔놈 (ssipallom)