遮る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
遮
さえぎ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology 1

Shift from the older reading さいぎる,[1] from the syncope of the /k/ in さきぎる (sakigiru), from 先 (saki, “in front”) +‎ 切る (kiru, “cut”), literally “to cut off (from) the front”.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「遮る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		遮る さえぎる
Imperative (命令形) 遮れ さえぎれ
Key constructions
Passive 遮られる さえぎられる
Causative 遮らせる さえぎらせる
Potential 遮れる さえぎれる
Volitional 遮ろう さえぎろー
Negative 遮らない さえぎらない
Negative perfective 遮らなかった さえぎらなかった
Formal 遮ります さえぎります
Perfective 遮った さえぎった
Conjunctive 遮って さえぎって
Hypothetical conditional 遮れば さえぎれば

Verb

遮(さえぎ)る • (saegiru) transitive godan (stem 遮(さえぎ)り (saegiri), past 遮(さえぎ)った (saegitta))

  1. interrupt, intercept, cut into, cut short (a conversation)
    彼(かの)女(じょ)は手(て)で目(め)から日(ひ)差(ざ)しを遮(さえぎ)った。
    Kanojo wa te de me kara hizashi o saegitta.
    She used her hand to screen the sunlight from her eyes.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "遮る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 遮ら さえぎら saegira
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 遮り さえぎり saegiri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 遮る さえぎる saegiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 遮る さえぎる saegiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 遮れ さえぎれ saegire
Meireikei ("imperative") 遮れ さえぎれ saegire
Key constructions
Passive 遮られる さえぎられる saegirareru
Causative 遮らせる
遮らす 		さえぎらせる
さえぎらす 		saegiraseru
saegirasu
Potential 遮れる さえぎれる saegireru
Volitional 遮ろう さえぎろう saegirō
Negative 遮らない さえぎらない saegiranai
Negative continuative 遮らず さえぎらず saegirazu
Formal 遮ります さえぎります saegirimasu
Perfective 遮った さえぎった saegitta
Conjunctive 遮って さえぎって saegitte
Hypothetical conditional 遮れば さえぎれば saegireba

Etymology 2

Old reading of the more modern さえぎる, originally from 先切(さきき)る (sakikiru)[1]

Verb

遮(さいぎ)る • (saigiru) †yodan

  1. See Etymology 1
Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "遮る" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 遮ら さいぎら saigira
Continuative (連用形) 遮り さいぎり saigiri
Terminal (終止形) 遮る さいぎる saigiru
Attributive (連体形) 遮る さいぎる saigiru
Realis (已然形) 遮れ さいぎれ saigire
Imperative (命令形) 遮れ さいぎれ saigire
Key constructions
Negative 遮らず さいぎらず saigirazu
Contrasting conjunction 遮れど さいぎれど saigiredo
Causal conjunction 遮れば さいぎれば saigireba
Conditional conjunction 遮らば さいぎらば saigiraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 遮りき さいぎりき saigiriki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 遮りけり さいぎりけり saigirikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 遮りつ さいぎりつ saigiritu
Perfect tense (natural event) 遮りぬ さいぎりぬ saigirinu
Perfect-continuative tense 遮れり
遮りたり		 さいぎれり
さいぎりたり		 saigireri
saigiritari
Volitional 遮らむ さいぎらむ saigiramu

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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