いびつ
Japanese
Etymology
From 飯櫃 (ībitsu, “container for cooked rice”). Rice containers in Japan had ellipse shapes in the past. Sense "crooked" came from the impression that ellipses are deformed circles.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ibʲit͡sɨᵝ]
Adjective
いびつ • (ibitsu) -na (adnominal いびつな (ibitsu na), adverbial いびつに (ibitsu ni))
- crooked; deformed
- abnormal; strange; deviant
Inflection
Inflection of いびつ
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | いびつだろ | ibitsu daro | |
| Continuative (連用形) | いびつで | ibitsu de | |
| Terminal (終止形) | いびつだ | ibitsu da | |
| Attributive (連体形) | いびつな | ibitsu na | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | いびつなら | ibitsu nara | |
| Imperative (命令形) | いびつであれ | ibitsu de are | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Informal negative | いびつではない いびつじゃない | ibitsu de wa nai ibitsu ja nai | |
| Informal past | いびつだった | ibitsu datta | |
| Informal negative past | いびつではなかった いびつじゃなかった | ibitsu de wa nakatta ibitsu ja nakatta | |
| Formal | いびつです | ibitsu desu | |
| Formal negative | いびつではありません いびつじゃありません | ibitsu de wa arimasen ibitsu ja arimasen | |
| Formal past | いびつでした | ibitsu deshita | |
| Formal negative past | いびつではありませんでした いびつじゃありませんでした | ibitsu de wa arimasen deshita ibitsu ja arimasen deshita | |
| Conjunctive | いびつで | ibitsu de | |
| Conditional | いびつなら（ば） | ibitsu nara (ba) | |
| Provisional | いびつだったら | ibitsu dattara | |
| Volitional | いびつだろう | ibitsu darō | |
| Adverbial | いびつに | ibitsu ni | |
| Degree | いびつさ | ibitsusa | |
Noun
いびつ • (ibitsu)
- (rare) ellipse; oval
- Synonym: 楕円
- (rare, dated) coin
- Synonym: 小判