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)

suddenly, all of a sudden, unexpectedly
Synonyms: 갑자기 (gapjagi), 느닷없이 (neudadeopsi)

불청객이 불현듯 술자리 에 나타났다.
Bulcheonggaeg-i bulhyeondeut suljari-e natanatda.
The uninvited guest showed up all of a sudden to the drinking party.

그 는 불현듯 노모 를 떠올렸다.
Geu-neun bulhyeondeut nomo-reul tteoollyeotda.
He suddenly thought of his aged mother.

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