못

See also: 못하다 and 㕦

못 U+BABB, 못 HANGUL SYLLABLE MOS Composition: ㅁ + ㅗ + ㅅ ← 몺 [U+BABA] Hangul Syllables 몼 → [U+BABC]

모목몪몫몬몭몮 몯몰몱몲몳몴몵 몶몷몸몹몺못몼 몽몾몿뫀뫁뫂뫃
몌 ←	→ 뫄

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 몯〮 (Yale: mwót).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mo̞t̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [몯]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mot
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mos
McCune–Reischauer?	mot
Yale Romanization?	mos

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 못의 / 못에 / 못까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

못 • (mot)

1. nail, peg, spike
2. callosity, callus, blister

Etymology 2

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 못〮 (Yale: mwós).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mo̞t̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [몯]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mot
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mos
McCune–Reischauer?	mot
Yale Romanization?	mos

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 못의 / 못에 / 못까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

못 • (mot)

1. pond

   Synonym: 연못 (yeonmot)

See also

• 늪 (neup, “marsh, morass, swamp, bog”)
• 둑 (duk, “dike”)
• 해자(垓字) (haeja, “moat”)
• 지당(池塘) (jidang, “pond”)

Etymology 3

From Middle Korean 몯〯 (mwǒt), from Old Korean 毛冬 (*mwotol).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mo̞(ː)t̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [몯(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mot
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mos
McCune–Reischauer?	mot
Yale Romanization?	mōs

Adverb

못 • (mot)

1. cannot

   나 오늘 못 가. ― Na oneul mot ga. ― I can't go today.

2. (by extension) poorly

   Antonym: 잘 (jal, “well”)

   왜 이렇게 그림 못 그려? ― Wae ireoke geurim mot geuryeo? ― Why do you draw so poorly?

Derived terms

• 잘못 (jalmot, “mistake”)
• 못나다 (monnada, “ugly”)
• 못되다 (motdoeda, “nasty”)
• 못생기다 (motsaenggida, “ugly-looking”)
• 못하다 (mothada, “cannot do”)