ほめちぎる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
褒めちぎる 誉めちぎる

Etymology

From 褒(ほ)め (home, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 褒(ほ)める (homeru, “to praise”)) + ちぎる (-chigiru, “greatly”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほめちぎる [hòméchígíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) ほめちぎる [hòméchígírú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞me̞t͡ɕiɡʲiɾɯ̟]

Verb

ほめちぎる • (homechigiru) ^{←ほめちぎる (fometigiru)?}transitive godan (stem ほめちぎり (homechigiri), past ほめちぎった (homechigitta))

1. to shower praise upon; to praise lavishly

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ほめちぎる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ほめちぎら	homechigira
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ほめちぎり	homechigiri
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ほめちぎる	homechigiru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ほめちぎる	homechigiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ほめちぎれ	homechigire
Meireikei ("imperative")	ほめちぎれ	homechigire
Key constructions
Passive	ほめちぎられる	homechigirareru
Causative	ほめちぎらせる ほめちぎらす	homechigiraseru homechigirasu
Potential	ほめちぎれる	homechigireru
Volitional	ほめちぎろう	homechigirō
Negative	ほめちぎらない	homechigiranai
Negative continuative	ほめちぎらず	homechigirazu
Formal	ほめちぎります	homechigirimasu
Perfective	ほめちぎった	homechigitta
Conjunctive	ほめちぎって	homechigitte
Hypothetical conditional	ほめちぎれば	homechigireba