멎다

Korean

Etymology

Related to 멈추다 (meomchuda).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mʌ̹t̚t͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [먿따]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	meotda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	meojda
McCune–Reischauer?	mŏtta
Yale Romanization?	mecta

Verb

멎다 • (meotda) (infinitive 멎어, sequential 멎으니)

1. to stop; to cease; to come to an end

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the verb 멎다 (meotda): consonant-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	멎는다 meonneunda	멎어 meojeo	멎어요 meojeoyo	멎습니다 meotseumnida
	Past	멎었다 meojeotda	멎었어 meojeosseo	멎었어요 meojeosseoyo	멎었습니다 meojeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	멎느냐 meonneunya	멎어 meojeo	멎어요 meojeoyo	멎습니까 meotseumnikka
	Past	멎었느냐 meojeonneunya	멎었어 meojeosseo	멎었어요 meojeosseoyo	멎었습니까 meojeotseumnikka
Hortative		멎자 meotja	멎어 meojeo	멎어요 meojeoyo	멎으십시다 meojeusipsida
Imperative		멎어라 meojeora	멎어 meojeo	멎어요 meojeoyo	멎읍시오 meojeupsio
Assertive		멎겠다 meotgetda	멎겠어 meotgesseo	멎겠어요 meotgesseoyo	멎겠습니다 meotgetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		멎어 meojeo	멎어서 meojeoseo	멎으니 meojeuni	멎으니까 meojeunikka
Contrast		멎지만 meotjiman	멎는데 meonneunde	멎더니 meotdeoni
Conjunction		멎고 meotgo
Condition		멎으면 meojeumyeon	멎어야 meojeoya
Motive		멎으려고 meojeuryeogo
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		멎음 meojeum	멎기 meotgi
Past-tense verbal nouns		멎었음 meojeosseum	멎었기 meojeotgi
Determiners	Past	멎은 meojeun
	Present	멎는 meonneun
	Future	멎을 meojeul

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	멎으신다 meojeusinda	멎으셔 meojeusyeo	멎으세요, 멎으셔요 meojeuseyo, meojeusyeoyo	멎으십니다 meojeusimnida
	Past	멎으셨다 meojeusyeotda	멎으셨어 meojeusyeosseo	멎으셨어요 meojeusyeosseoyo	멎으셨습니다 meojeusyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	멎으시느냐 meojeusineunya	멎으셔 meojeusyeo	멎으세요, 멎으셔요 meojeuseyo, meojeusyeoyo	멎으십니까 meojeusimnikka
	Past	멎으셨느냐 meojeusyeonneunya	멎으셨어 meojeusyeosseo	멎으셨어요 meojeusyeosseoyo	멎으셨습니까 meojeusyeotseumnikka
Imperative		멎으시라 meojeusira	멎으셔 meojeusyeo	멎으세요 meojeuseyo	멎으십시오 meojeusipsio
Assertive		멎으시겠다 meojeusigetda	멎으시겠어 meojeusigesseo	멎으시겠어요 meojeusigesseoyo	멎으시겠습니다 meojeusigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		멎으셔 meojeusyeo	멎으셔서 meojeusyeoseo	멎으시니 meojeusini	멎으시니까 meojeusinikka
Contrast		멎으시지만 meojeusijiman	멎으시는데 meojeusineunde	멎으시더니 meojeusideoni
Conjunction		멎으시고 meojeusigo
Condition		멎으시면 meojeusimyeon	멎으셔야 meojeusyeoya
Motive		멎으시려고 meojeusiryeogo
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		멎으심 meojeusim	멎으시기 meojeusigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		멎으셨음 meojeusyeosseum	멎으셨기 meojeusyeotgi
Determiners	Past	멎으신 meojeusin
	Present	멎으시는 meojeusineun
	Future	멎으실 meojeusil

Middle Korean

Adjective

멎다〮 (mèctá)

1. Phonemically faithful spelling of 멋다〮 (mèstá, “to be inauspicious”) (rarely or never used in actual Middle Korean)