愛でたい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
愛
め
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
めでたい
目出度い
芽出度い

Etymology

/medeitasi/ → /medetaɕi/ → /medetai/

Originally a compound of 愛で (mede, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 愛でる (mederu, “to love; to admire or appreciate”)) +‎ 甚し (itashi, “intense, extreme”, old terminal form of modern 甚い or 痛い (itai)), with an original meaning similar to extremely admirable.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「めでたい」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) めでたく めでたく
めでたく
Terminal (終止形) めでたい めでたい
Attributive (連体形) めでたい めでたい
Key constructions
Informal negative めでたくない めでたくない
めでたくない
Informal past めでたかった めでたかった
めでたかった
Informal negative past めでたくなかった めでたくなかった
めでたくなかった
Formal めでたいです めでたいです
Conjunctive めでたくて めでたくて
めでたくて
Conditional めでたければ めでたければ
めでたければ

Adjective

愛(め)でたい • (medetai) -i (adverbial 愛(め)でたく (medetaku))

  1. auspicious (auguring favourable circumstances and good luck)

Usage notes

This word is usually written all in hiragana, as めでたい. When written in kanji, the spellings 目出度い and 芽出度い may also be seen. The kanji in both of these spellings are examples of ateji.[1][2][3]

Inflection

Inflection of 愛でたい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 愛でたかろ めでたかろ medetakaro
Continuative (連用形) 愛でたく めでたく medetaku
Terminal (終止形) 愛でたい めでたい medetai
Attributive (連体形) 愛でたい めでたい medetai
Hypothetical (仮定形) 愛でたけれ めでたけれ medetakere
Imperative (命令形) 愛でたかれ めでたかれ medetakare
Key constructions
Informal negative 愛でたくない めでたくない medetaku nai
Informal past 愛でたかった めでたかった medetakatta
Informal negative past 愛でたくなかった めでたくなかった medetaku nakatta
Formal 愛でたいです めでたいです medetai desu
Formal negative 愛でたくないです めでたくないです medetaku nai desu
Formal past 愛でたかったです めでたかったです medetakatta desu
Formal negative past 愛でたくなかったです めでたくなかったです medetaku nakatta desu
Conjunctive 愛でたくて めでたくて medetakute
Conditional 愛でたければ めでたければ medetakereba
Provisional 愛でたかったら めでたかったら medetakattara
Volitional 愛でたかろう めでたかろう medetakarō
Adverbial 愛でたく めでたく medetaku
Degree 愛でたさ めでたさ medetasa

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →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
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