맑다

Korean

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄆᆞᆰ다 (molk.ta).

Revised Romanization^?	makda
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	malgda
McCune–Reischauer^?	makta
Yale Romanization^?	malkqta

맑다 • (makda) (infinitive 맑아, sequential 맑으니)

(air, water, material) to be clear, clean, fresh, pure, limpid, transparent
물이 너무 맑으면 물고기가 못산다.
Muri neomu malgeumyeon mulgogiga motsanda.
Too clear waters breed and feed no fish.
(sky, weather) to be clear, fine, sunny
(sound, voice) to be clear, cheerful
(consciousness) to be clear, refreshed
(mind, spirit) to be clear, pure, virtuous, noble

Selected forms of the adjective 맑다 (makda)

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Plain (해라체)	Informal (해체)	Polite (해요체)	Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	맑으시다 malgeusida	맑으셔 malgeusyeo	맑으세요, 맑으셔요 malgeuseyo, malgeusyeoyo	맑으십니다 malgeusimnida
Indicative	Past	맑으셨다 malgeusyeotda	맑으셨어 malgeusyeosseo	맑으셨어요 malgeusyeosseoyo	맑으셨습니다 malgeusyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	맑으시냐 malgeusinya	맑으셔 malgeusyeo	맑으세요, 맑으셔요 malgeuseyo, malgeusyeoyo	맑으십니까 malgeusimnikka
Interrogative	Past	맑으셨냐 malgeusyeonnya	맑으셨어 malgeusyeosseo	맑으셨어요 malgeusyeosseoyo	맑으셨습니까 malgeusyeotseumnikka
Assertive		맑으시겠다 malgeusigetda	맑으시겠어 malgeusigesseo	맑으시겠어요 malgeusigesseoyo	맑으시겠습니다 malgeusigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		맑으셔 malgeusyeo	맑으셔서 malgeusyeoseo	맑으시니 malgeusini	맑으시니까 malgeusinikka
Contrast		맑으시지만 malgeusijiman	맑으신데 malgeusinde	맑으시더니 malgeusideoni
Conjunction		맑으시고 malgeusigo
Condition		맑으시면 malgeusimyeon	맑으셔야 malgeusyeoya
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		맑으심 malgeusim	맑으시기 malgeusigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		맑으셨음 malgeusyeosseum	맑으셨기 malgeusyeotgi
Determiners	Present		맑으신 malgeusin
Determiners	Future		맑으실 malgeusil

맑은 (malgeun):
～ 공기 (空氣, gonggi), 날씨 (nalssi), 눈 (nun), 마음 (ma-eum), 물 (mul), 바람 (baram), 삶 (sam), 소리 (sori), 수정 (水晶, sujeong), 술 (sul), 아침 (achim), 의식 (意識, uisik), 정신 (精神, jeongsin), 하늘 (haneul)