ほざく
Japanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to one theory, from Old Japanese 呪く (<posaku> → hosaku, “to curse”), originally to be the same word with 祝く (<posaku> → hosaku, “to say words of celebration”), from the same root with 祝く (<poku> → hoku, “to chant words of celebration for hoping for good results; to cast a curse and consult the divine will”).
Compare ふざける (fuzakeru, “to joke around”) and dialectal words ほたく (hotaku, “(dated, chiefly Sado) act violently, struggle”), ほだく (hodaku, “(Kantō) (derogatory) to say; to make noise; to joke around”) and ほたえる (hotaeru, “(chiefly Kansai, Chūgoku and Shikoku) to joke around, to make noise”).
Verb
[edit]ほざく • (hozaku) godan (stem ほざき (hozaki), past ほざいた (hozaita))
- (derogatory) say, prate, prattle
- 馬鹿な事をほざくな。
- Baka na koto o hozaku na.
- Quit saying such foolish things!
- 馬鹿な事をほざくな。
- (obsolete, attached to continuative form of a verb) fucking, shows contempt for the action described
- 1720, Shinjū Ten no Amijima (心中天の網島)
- 扨は盗ほざいたな
- sate wa nusumi hozaita na
- So you fucking stole it.
- 扨は盗ほざいたな
- 1720, Shinjū Ten no Amijima (心中天の網島)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "ほざく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | ほざか | hozaka | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | ほざき | hozaki | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | ほざく | hozaku | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | ほざく | hozaku | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | ほざけ | hozake | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | ほざけ | hozake | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | ほざかれる | hozakareru | |
| Causative | ほざかせる ほざかす |
hozakaseru hozakasu | |
| Potential | ほざける | hozakeru | |
| Volitional | ほざこう | hozakō | |
| Negative | ほざかない | hozakanai | |
| Negative continuative | ほざかず | hozakazu | |
| Formal | ほざきます | hozakimasu | |
| Perfective | ほざいた | hozaita | |
| Conjunctive | ほざいて | hozaite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | ほざけば | hozakeba | |