禿びる

Japanese
Kanji in this term
禿
ち
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

/tubu/ → /t͡subu/ → /t͡ɕibu/ → (grammatical shift) /t͡ɕibiru/

Shift from earlier form 禿ぶ (tsubu, “to become round and small, such as from wear; to become bald”). Cognate with 粒 (tsubu, “grain; small thing”), 円ら (tsubura, “round and plump; small and round”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

禿びる (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana ちびる, rōmaji chibiru)

  1. to wear down and become small

Conjugation
Conjugation of "禿びる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 禿び ちび chibi
Continuative (連用形) 禿び ちび chibi
Terminal (終止形) 禿びる ちびる chibiru
Attributive (連体形) 禿びる ちびる chibiru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 禿びれ ちびれ chibire
Imperative (命令形) 禿びよ¹
禿びろ²		 ちびよ¹
ちびろ²		 chibiyo¹
chibiro²
Key constructions
Passive 禿びられる ちびられる chibirareru
Causative 禿びさせる
禿びさす		 ちびさせる
ちびさす		 chibisaseru
chibisasu
Potential 禿びられる
禿びれる³		 ちびられる
ちびれる³		 chibirareru
chibireru³
Volitional 禿びよう ちびよう chibiyō
Negative 禿びない
禿びぬ
禿びん		 ちびない
ちびぬ
ちびん		 chibinai
chibinu
chibin
Negative continuative 禿びず ちびず chibizu
Formal 禿びます ちびます chibimasu
Perfective 禿びた ちびた chibita
Conjunctive 禿びて ちびて chibite
Hypothetical conditional 禿びれば ちびれば chibireba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms
  • 禿 (ち)び筆 (ふで) (chibifude, “a worn-down calligraphy brush”)
  • 禿 (ちび)る (chibiru, “to wear down and become small”, 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō, “quadrigrade conjugation”), rare)
  • ちび (chibi, “runt, pipsqueak”)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.