한비

Middle Korean

Etymology

From 하〮 (há-, “to be big”) +‎ ㄴ (-n, realis adnominal suffix) +‎ 비〮 (pí, “rain”).

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽hànpí⫽

Noun

한비〮 (hànpí)

1. long, heavy rain
   • 1459, 월인석보 [worinseokbo], volume 1, page 40a:

     ᄯᅩ〮 虛(헝)空(콩)애〮셔〮 金(금)輪(륜) 우희〮 한비〮 와〮 므리〮 ᄀᆞᄃᆞᆨᄒᆞ고〮

     stwó HÈ.KHWÒ-áysyé KÙM.LYWÙN wùh-úy hànpí wá mùl-í kòtòkhò-kwó

     And from the sky there was long, heavy rain atop the gold chakra [such that] it is full of water