いし

Japanese

Etymology 1

Compound of i (“emphatic marker”) and shi. As -i was archaic even in Old Japanese, -si was attached to supplement it.

Particle

いし (romaji ishi)

1. emphatic nominative case marker
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 4, poem #537)

     事清 甚毛莫言 一日太尓 君伊之哭者 痛寸敢物

   • 797: Shoku Nihongi (edict #13)

     是以王_多知大臣_乃子等治賜_伊自天皇朝_爾仕奉_利婆婆_爾仕奉_爾波可在

   • 797: Shoku Nihongi (edict #13)

     故是以子_波祖_乃心成_伊自子_爾波可在

See also

• いは (iwa)
• いも (imo)

Etymology 2

Native Japanese word. According to one theory, may be related to the Korean 돌 (dol, “stone”) and Turkish taş (“stone”).

Noun

いし (romaji ishi)

1. 石: stone

Etymology 3

From the Sinitic 醫師 (yī shī, “doctor”) (simplified Chinese 医师).

Noun

いし (romaji ishi)

1. 医師: doctor

Etymology 4

From the Sinitic 意志 (yì zhì, “will, volition”)

Noun

いし (romaji ishi)

1. 意志: will

Etymology 5

From the Sinitic 意思 (yì si, “idea; opinion; meaning”).

Noun

いし (romaji ishi)

1. 意思: intention

References

• 1936, Kenji Kurano, Shoku Nihongi Senmyō (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-300381-0:
• 1999 [c. 759], Akihiro Satake; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man'yōshū 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240001-8:

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Okinawan

Noun

いし (isi)

1. stone