View source for 많다

==Korean==

===Etymology===
{{ko-etym-native|yb|만〯ᄒᆞ다〮|mǎn-hòtá|nocat=y|dot=,}} equivalent to {{okm-l|만〯|mǎn}} + {{okm-l|ᄒᆞ다〮|hòtá|5=> modern {{m|ko|하다}}}}.

The first element is usually, though somewhat speculatively, connected to [[Sino-Korean]] {{m|ko|萬|tr=mǎn|t=ten thousand; myriad; {{q|figuratively}} countless}}.<ref>{{cite-book|title=A Reference Grammar of Korean: A Complete Guide to the Grammar and History of the Korean Language|author={{w|Samuel E. Martin}}|publisher=Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc.|year=1992|page=686|edition=first|isbn=0-8048-1887-8}}</ref> Displaced native {{okm-l|하다〮|hàtá|3=to be many}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{ko-IPA|l=y|a=y}}

===Adjective===
{{ko-adj}}

# (to be) [[many]], [[much]], a lot, [[plentiful]]
#: {{ant|ko|적다|t=(to be) few}}
#: {{ux|ko|[[돈]]이 '''많은''' [[사람]]|someone who has '''a lot''' of money; a rich person ''(lit. "a person whose money is '''plentiful'''")''}}
#: {{ux|ko|[[오늘]] [[전시회]] [[방문자]][[-가]] '''많다'''.|Today there are '''many''' visitors at the exhibition.}}
#: {{ux|ko|[[하다|할]] [[일]][[-이]] [[너무]] '''많다'''.|There is so '''much''' work to do.}}
#: {{ux|ko|[[나]]는 '''많은''' [[노력]][[-을]] [[기울이다|기울였다]].|I made a great effort.}}

====Conjugation====
{{ko-conj/adj}}

====Derived terms====
* {{ko-l|많이}} {{q|adverb}}

====See also====
* {{m|ko|多|tr=da}}

===References===
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