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

• 듯이 (deusi)

Pronunciation

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• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tɯt̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [듣]

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