ナ行変格活用

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぎょう
Grade: 2
へん
Grade: 4
かく
Grade: 5
かつ
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 2
goon kan’on
Alternative spelling
ナ行變格活用 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology

Compound of ナ行 (na-gyō, na-row) +‎ 変格活用 (henkaku katsuyō, irregular conjugation).

Pronunciation

Noun

行変格活用(ぎょうへんかくかつよう) (na-gyō henkaku katsuyōなぎやうへんかくくわつよう (nagyaufenkakukwatuyou)?

  1. (Classical Japanese grammar) a verbal conjugation class in which the verb stem ends in n-
    Synonyms: ナ行変格 (na-gyō henkaku), ナ変 (na-hen)
Archaic 未然形
Irrealis
連用形
Adverbial
終止形
Conclusive
連体形
Attributive
已然形
Realis
命令形
Imperative
往ぬ (in-, to pass) 往な (ina) 往に (ini) 往ぬ (inu) 往ぬる (inuru) 往ぬれ (inure) 往ね (ine)
死ぬ (shin-, to die) 死な (shina) 死に (shini) 死ぬ (shinu) 死ぬる (shinuru) 死ぬれ (shinure) 死ね (shine)

Usage notes

The verb 死ぬ (shinu, to die) integrated into the 五段活用 (godan katsuyō, quintigrade conjugation) in modern Japanese.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN