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Japanese
Etymology 1
Regular shift from Classical Japanese ク活用 (ku-katsuyō) adjective 可し (beshi) to modern -i adjective.
Adjective
可い • (bei) -i (adverbial 可く (beku))
- (dialectal Kanto, Tōhoku, Hokkaidō, archaic) should; must
Usage notes
As an adjective, it can be considered to only be used in place of Standard Japanese 終止形 (shūshikei, “terminal form”) べし (beshi) and 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) べき (beki), as all other inflected forms are identical.
Conjugation
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| Terminal (終止形)
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可い
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べい
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bei
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| Attributive (連体形)
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可い
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べい
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bei
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Particle
可い • (bei)
- (dialectal Kanto, Tōhoku, Hokkaidō) sentence-ending particle indicating volition or supposition
Derived terms
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 可い – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 可い, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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