맑다

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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

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

1. (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.

2. (sky, weather) to be clear, fine, sunny
3. (sound, voice) to be clear, cheerful
4. (consciousness) to be clear, refreshed
5. (mind, spirit) to be clear, pure, virtuous, noble

• (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”)

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

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

• 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)