들

See also: -들

들 U+B4E4, 들 HANGUL SYLLABLE DEUL Composition: ㄷ + ㅡ + ㄹ ← 듣 [U+B4E3] Hangul Syllables 듥 → [U+B4E5]

드득듞듟든듡듢 듣들듥듦듧듨듩 듪듫듬듭듮듯듰 등듲듳듴듵듶듷
듀 ←	→ 듸

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 드릏〮 (Yale: tùlúh), and subsequently as 듫〯 (Yale: tǔlh), the contracted form.

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	deul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	deul
McCune–Reischauer?	tŭl
Yale Romanization?	tūl

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 들의 / 들에 / 들까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

Noun

들 • (deul)

1. meadow, field, plain

   Synonyms: 들판 (deulpan), 평야(平野) (pyeong'ya)

Derived terms

• 논들 (nondeul)
• 뒷들 (dwitdeul)
• 들길 (deulgil)
• 들밭 (deulbat)
• 들판 (deulpan)

 

Prefix

들— • (deul-)

1. (of an animal or plant) wild, untamed

Derived terms

Korean terms prefixed with 들-

• 들개 (deulgae)
• 들고양이 (deulgoyang'i)
• 들국화 (deulgukhwa)
• 들꽃 (deulkkot)
• 들나물 (deullamul)
• 들무 (deulmu)
• 들버섯 (deulbeoseot)
• 들벌 (deulbeol)
• 들새 (deulsae)
• 들장미 (deuljangmi)
• 들쥐 (deuljwi)
• 들짐승 (deuljimseung)

 

Etymology 2

See the main entries.

Verb

들 • (deul)

1. Future adnominal of 들다 (deulda, “to enter”): which will enter
2. Future adnominal of 들다 (deulda, “to hold”): which will hold; which will be held

Further reading

• 정해 (Hui Zheng) (2011) “한국어 복수표지 '들'에 관하여 [han'gugeo boksupyoji deul e gwanhayeo, On the Korean plural marker tul]”, in Eoneohak yeon'gu, volume 19, pages 281—302