サ行変格活用

Japanese
Kanji in this term
行 変 格 活 用
ぎょう
Grade: 2		 へん
Grade: 4		 かく
Grade: 5		 かつ
Grade: 2		 よう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

A compound of サ行 (sagyō, “s-line”), 変格 (henkaku, “irregular”), and 活用 (katsuyō, “conjugation”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ɡʲo̞ː hẽ̞ŋka̠kɯ̟ᵝ ka̠t͡sɨᵝjo̞ː]
  • (Tokyo) サ​ぎょー [sáꜜgyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

サ行変格活用 (hiragana and katakana サぎょうへんかくかつよう, rōmaji sagyō henkaku katsuyō, historical hiragana サぎやうへんかくくわつよう)

  1. (grammar) s-irregular conjugation; a verbal conjugation class in which the verb stem ends in s- with the following irregular inflections: e/i/u/uru/ure/e[yo], with minor variation over time. Example:
Irrealis Adverbial Conclusive Attributive Realis Imperative
s- "to do" s-e sh-i s-u s-uru s-ure s-e[yo]

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
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