불현듯

Korean

Alternative forms

• 불현듯이 (bulhyeondeusi)

Etymology

Univerbation of 불 (bul, “fire”) +‎ 현 (hyeon, past adnominal of now archaic 혀다 (hyeoda, “to turn on a light, to light a fire”)) +‎ 듯 (deut, “as if; appearance, likeness”, dependent noun): "as if one has lit a fire", in reference to the sudden glare of light.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [puɾʝʌ̹ndɯt̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [불현듣]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bulhyeondeut
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bulhyeondeus
McCune–Reischauer?	purhyŏndŭt
Yale Romanization?	pul.hyentus

Ideophone

불현듯 • (bulhyeondeut)

1. suddenly, all of a sudden, unexpectedly

   Synonyms: 갑자기 (gapjagi), 느닷없이 (neudadeopsi)

   불청객이 불현듯 술자리에 나타났다.

   Bulcheonggaeg-i bulhyeondeut suljari-e natanatda.

   The uninvited guest showed up all of a sudden to the drinking party.

   그는 불현듯 노모를 떠올렸다.

   Geu-neun bulhyeondeut nomo-reul tteoollyeotda.

   He suddenly thought of his aged mother.