-슴

See also: 合

슴 U+C2B4, 슴 HANGUL SYLLABLE SEUM Composition: ㅅ + ㅡ + ㅁ ← 슳 [U+C2B3] Hangul Syllables 습 → [U+C2B5]

Korean

Etymology

Perhaps from Early Modern Korean ᄉᆞᆸ (-seup, declarative suffix of similar formal and polite meaning).

Suffix

슴 • (-seum)

1. (Yukjin, Hamgyong, parts of Pyongan, Russia) In the formal polite style, the chief declarative suffix.

   Synonym: (Standard Korean) 습니다 (-seumnida)

   • 2016 September 8, 곽응호, “한국인의 밥상 ‘카레이스키의 아리랑’”, in KBC다큐‎^[1], 카자흐스탄:

     나느 원동에서 났슴

     na-neu wondong-eseo natseum

     I was born in the Russian Far East.