癈ふ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
癈
し
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese 癈ふ (sip-), attested in the Man'yōshū (c. 759) as 四臂 (sipi₁), hinting at an irregular change from yodan conjugation to kami nidan.[1][2]

Verb

癈(し)ふ • (shifu) †nidan

  1. (obsolete) to lose a vital function of the body; to lose a sense; to be paralyzed; to be numb
    • 974, Kagerō Nikki:
      田(た)かへしなどするも、かうしひけるはと見(み)ゆ。
      Ta kaheshi nado suru mo, kau shihikeru wa to miyu.
      To do the things like cultivating the rice fields, it would be seen in ways that would have been paralyzing.

References

  1. ^ “し・う［しふ］ 【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. ^ Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典 上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, pages 364-365
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