さやか
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
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Alternative spellings |
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明か 清か |
From Old Japanese.
Derived from adverb 清 (saya, “clearly”) + か (-ka, adjective-forming suffix[1]).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]さやか • (sayaka) ←さやか (sayaka)?-na (adnominal さやかな (sayaka na), adverbial さやかに (sayaka ni))
- cold and clear
- 『さやかに星はきらめき』
- “Sayaka ni hoshi wa kirameki”
- The stars shine clearly
- 『さやかに星はきらめき』
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of さやか
Stem forms | |||
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Imperfective (未然形) | さやかだろ | sayaka daro | |
Continuative (連用形) | さやかで | sayaka de | |
Terminal (終止形) | さやかだ | sayaka da | |
Attributive (連体形) | さやかな | sayaka na | |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | さやかなら | sayaka nara | |
Imperative (命令形) | さやかであれ | sayaka de are | |
Key constructions | |||
Informal negative | さやかではない さやかじゃない |
sayaka de wa nai sayaka ja nai | |
Informal past | さやかだった | sayaka datta | |
Informal negative past | さやかではなかった さやかじゃなかった |
sayaka de wa nakatta sayaka ja nakatta | |
Formal | さやかです | sayaka desu | |
Formal negative | さやかではありません さやかじゃありません |
sayaka de wa arimasen sayaka ja arimasen | |
Formal past | さやかでした | sayaka deshita | |
Formal negative past | さやかではありませんでした さやかじゃありませんでした |
sayaka de wa arimasen deshita sayaka ja arimasen deshita | |
Conjunctive | さやかで | sayaka de | |
Conditional | さやかなら(ば) | sayaka nara (ba) | |
Provisional | さやかだったら | sayaka dattara | |
Volitional | さやかだろう | sayaka darō | |
Adverbial | さやかに | sayaka ni | |
Degree | さやかさ | sayakasa |
Etymology 2
[edit]Various 名乗り (nanori) readings of kanji, with most deriving from a nominalization of sayaka above.
Proper noun
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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