ねばつく

Japanese

Alternative spellings
粘つく 粘付く

Etymology

From ねば (neba) + つく (-tsuku).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ねばつく [nèbátsúkú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ne̞ba̠t͡sɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

ねばつく • (nebatsuku) ^{←ねばつく (nebatuku)?}godan (stem ねばつき (nebatsuki), past ねばついた (nebatsuita))

1. to be sticky

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ねばつく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ねばつか	nebatsuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ねばつき	nebatsuki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ねばつく	nebatsuku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ねばつく	nebatsuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ねばつけ	nebatsuke
Meireikei ("imperative")	ねばつけ	nebatsuke
Key constructions
Passive	ねばつかれる	nebatsukareru
Causative	ねばつかせる ねばつかす	nebatsukaseru nebatsukasu
Potential	ねばつける	nebatsukeru
Volitional	ねばつこう	nebatsukō
Negative	ねばつかない	nebatsukanai
Negative continuative	ねばつかず	nebatsukazu
Formal	ねばつきます	nebatsukimasu
Perfective	ねばついた	nebatsuita
Conjunctive	ねばついて	nebatsuite
Hypothetical conditional	ねばつけば	nebatsukeba

Synonyms

• 粘(ねば)る (nebaru)

Related terms

• ねばねば (nebaneba)