모ᄃᆡ

Middle Korean

Etymology

Compare 몯〯 (mwǒt, “unable, cannot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǒ.tʌ́j/

Adverb

모〯ᄃᆡ〮 (mwǒtóy)

1. necessarily

   Synonyms: 반ᄃᆞ시〮 (pàntòsí), 반ᄃᆞ기〮 (pàntòkí)

   • 1459, 月印釋譜 / 월인석보, page 2:15b:

     살〯면〮 모〯ᄃᆡ〮 죽고〮 어울〮면〮 모〯ᄃᆡ〮 버ᅌᅳ〮는 거시〮니〮 […]

     sálmyén mwǒtóy cwùkkwó èwúlmyén mwǒtóy pèngúnùn kès-íní

     To live is necessarily to die, and to come together is necessarily to separate […]

2. fervently