仰る

Japanese
Kanji in this term
仰
おっしゃ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms
  • 仰有る

Etymology

Alteration of おおせある (ōse aru).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

仰る (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana おっしゃる, rōmaji ossharu)

  1. (honorific) To say; honorific for 言う.

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "おっしゃる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) おっしゃら osshara
Continuative (連用形) おっしゃい
おっしゃり		 osshai
osshari
Terminal (終止形) おっしゃる ossharu
Attributive (連体形) おっしゃる ossharu
Hypothetical (仮定形) おっしゃれ osshare
Imperative (命令形) おっしゃい osshai
Key constructions
Passive おっしゃられる ossharareru
Causative おっしゃらせる
おっしゃらす		 ossharaseru
ossharasu
Potential おっしゃれる osshareru
Volitional おっしゃろう ossharō
Negative おっしゃらない ossharanai
Negative continuative おっしゃらず ossharazu
Formal おっしゃいます osshaimasu
Perfective おっしゃった osshatta
Conjunctive おっしゃって osshatte
Hypothetical conditional おっしゃれば osshareba

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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