みみしい

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
(rare)
耳癈 (rare)

Etymology

Compound of (mimi, ear; sense of hearing) +‎ (shii, loss of faculty: numbness, blindness, deafness, etc., compounding element, originally the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of Old Japanese verb 癈ふ (shipu), modern 癈いる (shiiru, to lose a sense: to go numb, blind, deaf, etc.)).[1][2][3]

First attested in the Shinsen Jikyō (898-901), with the spelling 耳志比. The Wamyō Ruijushō (c. 934) also records 美々之比.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Historical evolution of the Kyoto pitch accent
※ H for high and flat syllables (◌́), L for low and flat syllables (◌̀), F for high-to-low syllables (◌̂), R for low-to-high syllables (◌̌).
※ References: [1]

Noun

みみしい (mimishīみみしひ (mimisifi)?

  1. , 耳癈: (archaic, possibly obsolete) deafness, deaf
    Synonyms: (current) (), つんぼ (tsunbo, derogatory), 難聴 (nanchō)
  2. , 耳癈: (archaic, possibly obsolete) a deaf person
    Synonyms: (current) 聾者 (rōsha), 強度難聴者 (kyōdo nanchōsha, literally severely hearing-impaired person)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 みみ‐しい[‥しひ] 【聾・耳癈】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ しい[しひ] 【癈】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  3. ^ 癈いる”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months