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Etymology 1Edit
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 以 in the cursive sōsho style.
PronunciationEdit
SyllableEdit
い (romaji i)
- The hiragana syllable い (i). Its equivalent in katakana is イ (i). It is the second syllable in the gojūon order; its position is あ行い段 (a-gyō i-dan, “row a, section i”).
See alsoEdit
- (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こ𛄲ご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐ゐ゙, 𛄟, ゑ𛅑ゑ゙, を𛅒を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Etymology 2Edit
Corruption of emphatic particle よ (yo) or exclamatory particle や (ya).[1]
ParticleEdit
- Used in compounds with certain sentence-ending particles to create a familiar effect.
- Used in compounds with certain sentence-ending particles to create an exclamatory effect.
- Used after verbs to create an exclamatory effect.
- 勝手にしろい!
- Katte ni shiroi!
- Have it your way!
- 勝手にしろい!
Alternative formsEdit
- (dated) え (e)
Etymology 3Edit
From Old Japanese. Possibly cognate with Korean nominal particle 이 (i).
Used in Old Japanese, still found in use in Chinese works annotated for Japanese readers of Early Middle Japanese in the early Heian period, then becoming more limited and appearing only in specialized Buddhist texts. Fallen into disuse by the late Heian period from the time of so-called “cloistered rule”.[2][3]
Obsolete. Not used in modern Japanese.
ParticleEdit
- (obsolete) emphatic subject marker, added to nouns and verb stems
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 4, poem 545)
- 吾背子之 跡履求 追去者 木乃関守伊 将留鴨
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 12, poem 3161)
- 在千方 在名草目而 行目友 家有妹伊 将鬱悒
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 13, poem 3287)
- 乾坤乃 神乎禱而 吾恋 公以必 不相在目八方
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3393)
- 筑波祢乃 乎弖毛許能母尓 毛利敝須恵 波播已毛礼杼母 多麻曾阿比尓家留
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 797: Shoku Nihongi (edict 6)
- 京職大夫從三位藤原朝臣麻呂等伊負圖龜一頭獻止
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 797: Shoku Nihongi (edict 12)
- 聞看食國中能東方陸奥國守從五位上百濟王敬福伊部内少田郡仁黄金出在奏弖獻
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 797: Shoku Nihongi (edict 34)
- 然後仁逆心乎以天朝庭乎動傾止之天兵乎備流時仁和氣伊申天在
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 4, poem 545)
- (obsolete) emphatic phrase-final particle, emphasizing preceding phrase
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 3, poem 481)
- 白細之 袖指可倍弖 靡寢 吾黒髪乃 真白髪尓 成極新世尓 共将有跡 玉緒乃 不絶射妹跡 結而石 事者不果 [...]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 7, poem 1359)
- 向岳之 若楓木 下杖取 花待伊間尓 嘆鶴鴨
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 10, poem 1851)
- 青柳之 糸乃細紗 春風尓 不乱伊間尓 令視子裳欲得
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 3, poem 481)
- (obsolete) unbound nominalizing suffix:
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
An extension of use of the -i ending on adjectives.
SuffixEdit
い • (-i) -i (adverbial く (-ku))
InflectionEdit
Stem forms | |||
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Imperfective (未然形) | かろ | karo | |
Continuative (連用形) | く | ku | |
Terminal (終止形) | い | i | |
Attributive (連体形) | い | i | |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | けれ | kere | |
Imperative (命令形) | かれ | kare | |
Key constructions | |||
Informal negative | くない | ku nai | |
Informal past | かった | katta | |
Informal negative past | くなかった | ku nakatta | |
Formal | いです | i desu | |
Formal negative | くないです | ku nai desu | |
Formal past | かったです | katta desu | |
Formal negative past | くなかったです | ku nakatta desu | |
Conjunctive | くて | kute | |
Conditional | ければ | kereba | |
Provisional | かったら | kattara | |
Volitional | かろう | karō | |
Adverbial | く | ku | |
Degree | さ | sa |
Etymology 4Edit
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(This term, い, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms. For a list of all kanji read as い, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as い.) |
Etymology 5Edit
From various Japonic origins.
For pronunciation and definitions of い – see the following entries. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(This term, い, is an alternative spelling of the above terms. For a list of all kanji read as い, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as い.) |
(The following entry is uncreated: 汝.)
ReferencesEdit
- Kurano, Kenji; Yūkichi Takeda (1958) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Kojiki, Norito, Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- Kurano, Kenji (1936) Shoku Nihongi Senmyō (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man’yōshū 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1999, →ISBN.
- Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 2: Man’yōshū 2 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2000, →ISBN.
- Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man’yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2002, →ISBN.