癈ふ

Japanese

Etymology

From Old Japanese 癈ふ (sipu), attested in the Man'yōshū (c. 759) as 四臂 (sipi₁), hinting at an irregular change from yodan conjugation to kami nidan.^[1]^[2]

Verb

癈(し)ふ • (shifu) ^†nidan

(obsolete) to lose a vital function of the body; to lose a sense; to be paralyzed; to be numb
- 974, Kagerō Nikki:
  田(た)かへしなどするも、かうしひけるはと見(み)ゆ。
  Ta kaheshi nado suru mo, kau shihikeru wa to miyu.
  To do the things like cultivating the rice fields, it would be seen in ways that would have been paralyzing.

References

^ “し・う［しふ］【癈】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
^ Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, pages 364-365

[KDJ2O-1] “し・う［しふ］【癈】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[JDB-2] Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, pages 364-365

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