猛々しい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
猛 猛
たけ
Grade: S 		たけ > だけ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
猛猛しい

Etymology

Compound of たけだけ (takedake, reduplication of たけ (take), stem of classical ku-adjective(ク活用 (ku katsuyō)) 猛し (takeshi, “bold, courageous; violent, vigorous”), from which verbs 誥ぶ (takebu) and 猛る (takeru) are derived) + しい (-shii, adjectivizing suffix evoking quality of the suffixed term). The take changes to dake as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Adjective

猛(たけ)々(だけ)しい • (takedakeshii) -i (adverbial 猛(たけ)々(だけ)しく (takedakeshiku))

  1. ferocious

Inflection

Inflection of 猛々しい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 猛々しかろ たけだけしかろ takedakeshikaro
Continuative (連用形) 猛々しく たけだけしく takedakeshiku
Terminal (終止形) 猛々しい たけだけしい takedakeshii
Attributive (連体形) 猛々しい たけだけしい takedakeshii
Hypothetical (仮定形) 猛々しけれ たけだけしけれ takedakeshikere
Imperative (命令形) 猛々しかれ たけだけしかれ takedakeshikare
Key constructions
Informal negative 猛々しくない たけだけしくない takedakeshiku nai
Informal past 猛々しかった たけだけしかった takedakeshikatta
Informal negative past 猛々しくなかった たけだけしくなかった takedakeshiku nakatta
Formal 猛々しいです たけだけしいです takedakeshii desu
Formal negative 猛々しくないです たけだけしくないです takedakeshiku nai desu
Formal past 猛々しかったです たけだけしかったです takedakeshikatta desu
Formal negative past 猛々しくなかったです たけだけしくなかったです takedakeshiku nakatta desu
Conjunctive 猛々しくて たけだけしくて takedakeshikute
Conditional 猛々しければ たけだけしければ takedakeshikereba
Provisional 猛々しかったら たけだけしかったら takedakeshikattara
Volitional 猛々しかろう たけだけしかろう takedakeshikarō
Adverbial 猛々しく たけだけしく takedakeshiku
Degree 猛々しさ たけだけしさ takedakeshisa

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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