逸早し
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 逸 | 早 |
| いち Grade: S (ateji) |
はや Grade: 1 |
| jūbakoyomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| (kyūjitai) 逸速し いち早し |
Etymology
Compound of 逸 (ichi-, “very, excellent”, ateji) + classical adjective 早し (hayashi), modern 早い (hayai, “early, fast”).
The prefix ichi- is cognate with adverbs 甚 (ita, ito, “painfully; greatly, much, very”).[1][2]
Adjective
逸早し • (ichihayashi) †-ku
Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "逸早し" (ク活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 逸早く[1] 逸早から[2] |
いちはやく いちはやから |
itifayaku itifayakara | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 逸早く[1] 逸早かり[2] |
いちはやく いちはやかり |
itifayaku itifayakari | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 逸早し | いちはやし | itifayasi | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 逸早き 逸早かる |
いちはやき いちはやかる |
itifayaki itifayakaru | |
| Realis (已然形) | 逸早けれ | いちはやけれ | itifayakere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 逸早かれ | いちはやかれ | itifayakare | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Negative | 逸早からず | いちはやからず | itifayakarazu | |
| Contrasting conjunction | 逸早けれど | いちはやけれど | itifayakeredo | |
| Causal conjunction | 逸早ければ | いちはやければ | itifayakereba | |
| Conditional conjunction | 逸早くば | いちはやくば | itifayakuba | |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 逸早かりき | いちはやかりき | itifayakariki | |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 逸早かりけり | いちはやかりけり | itifayakarikeri | |
| Adverbial | 逸早く | いちはやく | itifayaku | |
| [1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb. | ||||
Derived terms
See also
- 逸早 (ichihaya)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN