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맑다

맑다

Korean

Adjective

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

Conjugation

Selected forms of the adjective 맑다 (makda)

Stems
Stem 1	맑 (mak)
Stem 2	맑아 (malga)
Stem 3	맑으 (malgeu)
Conjugation type	Consonant-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
	Formal non polite (해라체)	Informal non polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	맑다 makda past: 맑았다 malgatda	맑아 malga past: 맑았어 malgasseo	맑아요 malgayo past: 맑았어요 malgasseoyo	맑습니다 makseumnida past: 맑았습니다 malgatseumnida
Interrogative	맑으냐 malgeunya past: 맑았냐 malgannya	맑아 malga past: 맑았어 malgasseo	맑아요 malgayo past: 맑았어요 malgasseoyo	맑습니까 makseumnikka past: 맑았습니까 malgatseumnikka
Assertive	맑겠다 malgetda	맑겠어 malgesseo	맑겠어요 malgesseoyo	맑겠습니다 malgetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason	맑아 malga	맑아서 malgaseo	맑으니 malgeuni	맑으니까 malgeunikka
Contrast	맑지만 makjiman	맑은데 malgeunde	맑더니 makdeoni
Conjunction	맑고 malgo
Condition	맑으면 malgeumyeon	맑아야 malgaya
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		맑음 malgeum	맑기 malgi
Past-tense verbal nouns		맑았음 malgasseum	맑았기 malgatgi
Determiners	present		맑은 malgeun
Determiners	future		맑을 malgeul

Sentence-final forms with honorific
	Plain (해라체)	Informal (해체)	Polite (해요체)	Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative	맑으시다 malgeusida past: 맑으셨다 malgeusyeotda	맑으셔 malgeusyeo past: 맑으셨어 malgeusyeosseo	맑으세요, 맑으셔요 malgeuseyo, malgeusyeoyo past: 맑으셨어요 malgeusyeosseoyo	맑으십니다 malgeusimnida past: 맑으셨습니다 malgeusyeotseumnida
Interrogative	맑으시냐 malgeusinya past: 맑으셨냐 malgeusyeonnya	맑으셔 malgeusyeo past: 맑으셨어 malgeusyeosseo	맑으세요, 맑으셔요 malgeuseyo, malgeusyeoyo past: 맑으셨어요 malgeusyeosseoyo	맑으십니까 malgeusimnikka past: 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

Synonyms

(weather): 개다 (gaeda, “to become clear, fine”)
깨끗하다 (kkaekkeuthada, “to be clean”)
순수하다 (純粹—, sunsuhada, “to be pure”)
투명하다 (透明—, tumyeonghada, “to be transparent”)
청 (淸, cheong, “to be clear, clean, pure”)
청 (晴, cheong, “to be clear, sunny”)

Antonyms

흐리다 (heurida, “to be impure, turbid, muddy; cloudy”)
탁 (濁, tak, “to be impure, turbid, muddy”)
담 (曇, dam, “to be cloudy”)

Derived terms

해맑다 (haemakda, “to be white and clean”)
말갛다 (malgata, “to be clear, transparent”)

Related terms

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)

See also

물 (mul, “water”)
묽다 (mukda, “to be watery”)
맑다 (makda, “to be clear”)

불 (bul, “fire”)
붉다 (bukda, “to be red”)
밝다 (bakda, “to be bright”)