さまねし
Japanese
Etymology
Most monolingual Japanese dictionaries analyze this as a compound of さ (sa-, beautification prefix) + 多し (maneshi, “many, numerous”). However, the kanji form *さ多し (samaneshi) is not attested.
Adjective
さまねし • (samaneshi) †-ku
Inflection
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | さまねく[1] さまねから[2] |
samaneku samanekara | |
| Continuative (連用形) | さまねく[1] さまねかり[2] |
samaneku samanekari | |
| Terminal (終止形) | さまねし | samanesi | |
| Attributive (連体形) | さまねき さまねかる |
samaneki samanekaru | |
| Realis (已然形) | さまねけれ | samanekere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | さまねかれ | samanekare | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | さまねからず | samanekarazu | |
| Contrasting conjunction | さまねけれど | samanekeredo | |
| Causal conjunction | さまねければ | samanekereba | |
| Conditional conjunction | さまねくば | samanekuba | |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | さまねかりき | samanekariki | |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | さまねかりけり | samanekarikeri | |
| Adverbial | さまねく | samaneku | |
[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.