欲す
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 欲 |
| ほり Grade: 6 |
| kun’yomi |
Etymology
欲り (hori, “want”) + す (su, “to do”)
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- IPA(key): [ho̞ɾʲisɨᵝ]
Verb
欲す • (horisu) transitive
- Classical Japanese form of 欲する (hossuru, “to want”)
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 12, poem 2868)
- 己が命を長く欲すれ
- ono ga inochi o nagaku horisure
- (please add an English translation of this example)
- 己が命を長く欲すれ
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 12, poem 2868)
Inflection
Classical conjugation of "欲す" (サ行変格活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 欲せ | ほりせ | forise |
| Continuative (連用形) | 欲し | ほりし | forisi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 欲す | ほりす | forisu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 欲する | ほりする | forisuru |
| Realis (已然形) | 欲すれ | ほりすれ | forisure |
| Imperative (命令形) | 欲せよ | ほりせよ | foriseyo |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | 欲せず | ほりせず | forisezu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 欲すれど | ほりすれど | forisuredo |
| Causal conjunction | 欲すれば | ほりすれば | forisureba |
| Conditional conjunction | 欲せば | ほりせば | foriseba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 欲しき | ほりしき | forisiki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 欲しけり | ほりしけり | forisikeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | 欲しつ | ほりしつ | forisitu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | 欲しぬ | ほりしぬ | forisinu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | 欲せり 欲したり | ほりせり ほりしたり | foriseri forisitari |
| Volitional | 欲せむ | ほりせむ | forisemu |
References
- “欲す”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months