いにしえ

Japanese

Etymology

Alternative spellings
古 昔 (rare) 古え (obsolete) 昔え (obsolete) 往にしへ (archaic) 去にしへ (archaic)

⟨ini si pe₁⟩ → */inisipʲe/ → /iniɕiɸe/ → /iniɕiwe/ → /iniɕie/

From Old Japanese 古 (inisipe₁), itself derived from 往に (ini, the 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of classical verb 往ぬ (inu), “to pass”) +‎ し (-shi, the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of き (-ki), classical past-tense marker) +‎ 方 (-he, a suffix expressing time; by extension of 辺 (-he), expressing direction). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いにしえ [ìníshíé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [iɲ̟iɕie̞]

Noun

いにしえ • (inishie) ^{←いにしへ (inisife)?}

1. the past
2. ancient times
3. (archaic, obsolete) the deceased

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 古(いにしえ)今(いま) (inishie ima)
• 古(いにしえ)語(がた)り (inishiegatari)
• 古(いにしえ)様(ざま) (inishiezama)
• 古(いにしえ)の人(ひと) (inishie no hito)
• 古(いにしえ)人(びと) (inishiebito)
• 古(いにしえ)文(ぶみ) (inishiebumi)
• 古(いにしえ)振(ぶ)り (inishieburi)
• 古(いにしえ)学(まな)び (inishie manabi)

See also

• 昔(むかし) (mukashi)