| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 鼾 |
| いび Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
Originally a compound of 息 (i, “breath, breathing”) + 引く (hiku, “to pull, to draw”).[1][2] The hiku changes to biku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
鼾く • (ibiku) intransitive godan (stem 鼾き (ibiki), past 鼾いた (ibiita))
This is more commonly expressed using the verbal phrases 鼾を掻く (ibiki o kaku, literally “to make a snoring sound”) or 鼾を立てる (ibiki o tateru, literally “to raise a snore, to put up a snore”).
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 鼾か | いびか | ibika |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 鼾き | いびき | ibiki |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 鼾く | いびく | ibiku |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 鼾く | いびく | ibiku |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 鼾け | いびけ | ibike |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 鼾け | いびけ | ibike |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 鼾かれる | いびかれる | ibikareru |
| Causative | 鼾かせる 鼾かす |
いびかせる いびかす |
ibikaseru ibikasu |
| Potential | 鼾ける | いびける | ibikeru |
| Volitional | 鼾こう | いびこう | ibikō |
| Negative | 鼾かない | いびかない | ibikanai |
| Negative continuative | 鼾かず | いびかず | ibikazu |
| Formal | 鼾きます | いびきます | ibikimasu |
| Perfective | 鼾いた | いびいた | ibiita |
| Conjunctive | 鼾いて | いびいて | ibiite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 鼾けば | いびけば | ibikeba |