癈ふ
Japanese
editEtymology
editFrom 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
edit- (obsolete) to lose a vital function of the body; to lose a sense; to be paralyzed; to be numb
- 974, Kagerō Nikki:
- 田かへしなどするも、かうしひけるはと見ゆ。
- 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.
- 田かへしなどするも、かうしひけるはと見ゆ。
- 974, Kagerō Nikki:
References
edit- ^ “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