鼾く
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 鼾 |
| いび Hyōgaiji |
| kun’yomi |
Etymology
Originally a compound of 息 (i, “breath, breathing”) + 引く (hiku, “to pull, to draw”).[1][2] The hiku changes to biku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- IPA(key): [ibʲikɯ̟ᵝ]
Verb
鼾く (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana いびく, rōmaji ibiku)
- (probably obsolete) to snore
Conjugation
Conjugation of "鼾く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 鼾か | いびか | ibika |
| Continuative (連用形) | 鼾き | いびき | ibiki |
| Terminal (終止形) | 鼾く | いびく | ibiku |
| Attributive (連体形) | 鼾く | いびく | ibiku |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 鼾け | いびけ | ibike |
| Imperative (命令形) | 鼾け | いびけ | ibike |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 鼾かれる | いびかれる | ibikareru |
| Causative | 鼾かせる 鼾かす | いびかせる いびかす | ibikaseru ibikasu |
| Potential | 鼾ける | いびける | ibikeru |
| Volitional | 鼾こう | いびこう | ibikō |
| Negative | 鼾かない | いびかない | ibikanai |
| Negative continuative | 鼾かず | いびかず | ibikazu |
| Formal | 鼾きます | いびきます | ibikimasu |
| Perfective | 鼾いた | いびいた | ibiita |
| Conjunctive | 鼾いて | いびいて | ibiite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 鼾けば | いびけば | ibikeba |
Derived terms
- 鼾 (ibiki): snoring, a snore
Synonyms
- 鼾する (ibiki suru)
Usage notes
This is more commonly expressed using the verbal phrases 鼾を掻く (ibiki o kaku, literally “to make a snoring sound”) or 鼾を立てる (ibiki o tateru, literally “to raise a snore, to put up a snore”).
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN