듯

See also: -듯
듯 U+B4EF, 듯
HANGUL SYLLABLE DEUS
Composition:ㄷ + ㅡ + ㅅ
← 듮
[U+B4EE] 		Hangul Syllables 듰 →
[U+B4F0]
드득듞듟든듡듢
듣들듥듦듧듨듩
듪듫듬듭듮듯듰
등듲듳듴듵듶듷
듀 ←→ 듸

Korean

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?deut
Revised Romanization (translit.)?deus
McCune–Reischauer?tŭt
Yale Romanization?tus

Etymology

Contraction of 듯이 (deusi, “as if”). First attested in the Neung'eomgyeong eonhae (楞嚴經諺解 / 능엄경언해), 1461, as Middle Korean ᄃᆞᆺ (Yale: tos).

Dependent noun

듯 • (deut)

  1. as if; in a manner suggesting that
    저 사람, 어디서 본 듯도 한데...
    jeo saram, eodiseo bon deutdo hande...
    I suppose I might have seen him somewhere...
    강아지도 좋다는 듯 꼬리를 살랑인다.
    gang'ajido jotaneun deut kkorireul sallang'inda.
    The dog gently wags his tail as if saying he's fine with it, too.
  2. (in the form of -'~는 듯 마는 듯' and such) leaving it ambiguous whether or not
    비가 내릴 듯 말 듯 우중충한 날씨
    biga naeril deut mal deut ujungchunghan nalssi
    a gloomy weather which threatens to rain or not
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