いし

See also: いじ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Compound of い (i, emphatic marker) and し (shi, originally -si, emphatic marker). As -i was archaic even in Old Japanese, -si was attached to supplement it.

Particle

いし (rōmaji ishi)

  1. emphatic nominative case marker
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 4, poem 537)
      事清 甚毛莫言 一日太尓 君伊之哭者 痛寸敢物
    • 797: Shoku Nihongi (edict #13)
      是以王多知大臣乃子等治賜伊自天皇朝爾仕奉利婆婆爾仕奉爾波可在
    • 797: Shoku Nihongi (edict #13)
      故是以子波祖乃心成伊自子爾波可在
See also

Etymology 2

From Old Japanese. According to one theory, may be related to the Korean 돌 (dol, “stone”) and Turkish taş (“stone”).

Pronunciation

Noun

いし (rōmaji ishi)

  1. 石: stone

Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of いし – see the following entries.
【医師】
[noun](medicine) doctor
【意志】
[noun]will (intention or decision)
【意思】
[noun]intention, a mind (to do something)
【遺志】
[noun]will of the deceased; one's intent after death
【異志】
[noun]exceptionally good will; will that is different from others
【縊死】
[noun]death by hanging
(This term, いし, is the hiragana spelling of several Sino-Japanese terms.)

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
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Okinawan

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔiɕi/

Noun

いし (romaji ishi)

  1. 石: stone
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