Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/迅速

Japanese edit

From 速やか (sumiyaka, “quick, swift”), applying the 義訓 (gikun, “meaning reading”) to Chinese-derived 迅速 (jinsoku, “prompt, rapid”).

迅速(すみやか) • (sumiyaka) ^†-nari

quick, swift
- Book of Revelation 1:1, page 347
  此(これ)イエスキリストの默(もく)示(し)すなはち神(かみ)彼(かれ)をして迅速(すみやか)に僕(しもべ)等(ども)に示(しめ)さしめんとて彼(かれ)に賜(たま)ひし所(ところ)なりイエスキリスト其(その)使(つかひ)を以(も)て僕(しもべ)ヨハ子に之(これ)を贈(おく)り示(しめ)し給(たま)へり
  Kore Iesu Kirisuto no Mokushi sunawachi Kami kare o shite sumiyaka ni shimobe-domo ni shimesamen tote kare ni tamaishi tokoro nari Iesu Kirisuto sono tsukai o mote shimobe Yohane ni kore o okurishimeshitamaeri.
  The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John[.]

Classical conjugation of "迅速なり" (ナリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	迅速なら	すみやかなら	sumyaka nara
Continuative (連用形)	迅速に^[1] 迅速なり^[2]	すみやかにすみやかなり	sumyaka ni sumyaka nari
Terminal (終止形)	迅速なり	すみやかなり	sumyaka nari
Attributive (連体形)	迅速なる	すみやかなる	sumyaka naru
Realis (已然形)	迅速なれ	すみやかなれ	sumyaka nare
Imperative (命令形)	迅速なれ	すみやかなれ	sumyaka nare
Key constructions
Negative	迅速ならず	すみやかならず	sumyaka narazu
Contrasting conjunction	迅速なれど	すみやかなれど	sumyaka naredo
Causal conjunction	迅速なれば	すみやかなれば	sumyaka nareba
Conditional conjunction	迅速ならば	すみやかならば	sumyaka naraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	迅速なりき	すみやかなりき	sumyaka nariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	迅速なりけり	すみやかなりけり	sumyaka narikeri
Adverbial	迅速に	すみやかに	sumyaka ni
^[1]Without auxiliary verb. ^[2]With auxiliary verb.