黒い

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
くろ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
黑い (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. See noun for details.

This adjective was rendered in Old Japanese following ク活用 (ku katsuyō, -ku conjugation). Over time this shifted to an -i adjective, via the 連用形 (rentaikei, attributive form) of such, as all other -ku adjectives.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "黒い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 黒く ろく

Terminal (終止形) 黒い
Attributive (連体形) 黒い
Key constructions
Informal negative 黒くない ろくない
くない

Informal past 黒かった ろかった
かった

Informal negative past 黒くなかった ろくなかった
くなかった

Formal 黒いです いです
Conjunctive 黒くて ろくて
くて

Conditional 黒ければ ろければ
ければ

Adjective

(くろ) (kuroi-i (adverbial (くろ) (kuroku))

  1. black

Inflection

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See also

References

  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN