" ㅅ " in korean poetry?
Hi, I wasn't able to find information in English on this online, but I've been looking at some poems by 신석초 and sometimes there are "ㅅ" marks between words or syllables, and I was wondering if anyone could tell me why?
For example, in these lines:
"돌알은 잠ㅅ간
물연기를 일고,"
the "ㅅ" in the middle of "잠" & "간" --does it impact the meaning of the word or something about how it was originally written? or meant to be read?? something like the English "s.i.c." which means "set in context" and is included to excuse incorrect spelling or grammar because it was written that way originally???... (잠깐 might be the correct spelling??)
Thanks in advance :) 고맙습니다.
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Answers · 6
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잠ㅅ간 is an old form of 잠깐.
The ㅅ between 잠 and 간 is called 사이시옷
The meaning of ㅅ in AㅅB is B of A.
ex)
콧구멍 : 코 + ㅅ+ 구멍(openings of nose, nostril)
나뭇잎 : 나무 + ㅅ+ 잎(leaf of tree)
횟수 : 회 + ㅅ+ 수(count of rotation)
잠ㅅ간 : 잠(short time) + ㅅ+ 간(gap) means "gap of short time"
잠ㅅ간 is pronounced as 잠깐 and 잠깐 became the standard language.
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I think it's a typo.
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You're well known. 잠깐 is correct and both 잠깐 and 잠ㅅ간 are same meaning. Also, 돌알 is not used commonly. 돌멩이 or 돌 is used commonly.
Have you ever heard of poetic license? I think it is maybe a poetic license. It means some grammartic errors are allowed in poem only. A person who majored Korean literature can answer this perfectly.
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