逸早し

Japanese
Kanji in this term
逸 早
いち
Grade: S		 はや
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Alternative forms

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 (hiragana いちはやし, rōmaji ichihayashi)

  1. (archaic) quick, swift
  2. (archaic) harsh, unforgiving
  3. (archaic) fierce, with great power

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

References
  1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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