馬鹿馬鹿しい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
鹿 鹿

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Grade: 4
Alternative spellings
莫迦莫迦しい
馬鹿々々しい
莫迦々々しい

Etymology

Reduplication of 馬鹿 (baka, foolish, stupid; a fool, an idiot) + adjective-forming suffix しい (-shii). Attested from at least 1772,[1] but likely older, as the しい (-shii) suffix was much more productive earlier, such as during the Heian period (794–1185).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「馬鹿馬鹿しい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 馬鹿馬鹿しく かばかしく
かばかし

Terminal (終止形) 馬鹿馬鹿しい かばかし
Attributive (連体形) 馬鹿馬鹿しい かばかし
Key constructions
Informal negative 馬鹿馬鹿しくない かばかしくない
かばかしくない

Informal past 馬鹿馬鹿しかった かばかしかった
かばかしかった

Informal negative past 馬鹿馬鹿しくなかった かばかしくなかった
かばかしくなかった

Formal 馬鹿馬鹿しいです かばかしいです
Conjunctive 馬鹿馬鹿しくて かばかしくて
かばかしくて

Conditional 馬鹿馬鹿しければ かばかしければ
かばかしければ

Adjective

()鹿()()鹿()しい or 馬鹿馬鹿(バカバカ)しい (bakabakashii-i (adverbial ()鹿()()鹿()しく (bakabakashiku))

  1. extremely foolish, ridiculous, silly (contrary to reason or propriety)
  2. blatant, extreme, outrageous

Inflection

References

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