さやか

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
明か
清か

From Old Japanese.

Derived from adverb 清 (saya, “clearly”) +‎ か (-ka, adjective-forming suffix[1]).

Cognate with 冴える (saeru).[2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

さやか • (sayaka) ←さやか (sayaka)?-na (adnominal さやかな (sayaka na), adverbial さやかに (sayaka ni))

  1. cold and clear
    『さやかに星(ほし)はきらめき』
    “Sayaka ni hoshi wa kirameki”
    The stars shine clearly
Inflection
Inflection of さやか
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) さやかだろ sayaka daro
Continuative (連用形) さやかで sayaka de
Terminal (終止形) さやかだ sayaka da
Attributive (連体形) さやかな sayaka na
Hypothetical (仮定形) さやかなら sayaka nara
Imperative (命令形) さやかであれ sayaka de are
Key constructions
Informal negative さやかではない
さやかじゃない 		sayaka de wa nai
sayaka ja nai
Informal past さやかだった sayaka datta
Informal negative past さやかではなかった
さやかじゃなかった 		sayaka de wa nakatta
sayaka ja nakatta
Formal さやかです sayaka desu
Formal negative さやかではありません
さやかじゃありません 		sayaka de wa arimasen
sayaka ja arimasen
Formal past さやかでした sayaka deshita
Formal negative past さやかではありませんでした
さやかじゃありませんでした 		sayaka de wa arimasen deshita
sayaka ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive さやかで sayaka de
Conditional さやかなら（ば） sayaka nara (ba)
Provisional さやかだったら sayaka dattara
Volitional さやかだろう sayaka darō
Adverbial さやかに sayaka ni
Degree さやかさ sayakasa

Etymology 2

Various 名乗り (nanori) readings of kanji, with most deriving from a nominalization of sayaka above.

Proper noun

さやか • (Sayaka) 

  1. 明香, 清香, 才加: a female given name
  2. 咲也香, 紗也香, 沙弥佳, 沙耶香, 沙也加, 早矢香, 佐哉香: a female given name

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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