紅葉たす
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 紅 | 葉 |
| もみ | |
| Grade: 6 | Grade: 3 |
| jukujikun | |
| Japanese verb pair | |
|---|---|
| active | 紅葉たす |
| mediopassive | 紅葉ず |
Alternative forms
- 黄葉たす
Etymology
Derived from 紅葉た (momita, the 未然形 (mizenkei, “irrealis form”) of Old Japanese verb 紅葉つ (⟨momi1tu⟩ → momitsu), “to turn, said of leaves”) + す (su, “to do”).
The kanji spelling is from 紅葉 (kōyō).
Verb
紅葉たす • (momitasu) transitive †yodan
- (archaic) to make leaves color
- c. 951–953, Gosen Wakashū (book 7, poem 377)
- 雁なきて寒き朝の露ならし龍田の山をもみたすものは
- kari nakite samuki ashita no tsuyu narashi Tatsuta-no-yama o momitasu mono wa
- (please add an English translation of this example)
- 雁なきて寒き朝の露ならし龍田の山をもみたすものは
- c. 951–953, Gosen Wakashū (book 7, poem 377)
Conjugation
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 紅葉たさ | もみたさ | momitasa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 紅葉たし | もみたし | momitasi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 紅葉たす | もみたす | momitasu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 紅葉たす | もみたす | momitasu |
| Realis (已然形) | 紅葉たせ | もみたせ | momitase |
| Imperative (命令形) | 紅葉たせ | もみたせ | momitase |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | 紅葉たさず | もみたさず | momitasazu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 紅葉たせど | もみたせど | momitasedo |
| Causal conjunction | 紅葉たせば | もみたせば | momitaseba |
| Conditional conjunction | 紅葉たさば | もみたさば | momitasaba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 紅葉たしき | もみたしき | momitasiki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 紅葉たしけり | もみたしけり | momitasikeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | 紅葉たしつ | もみたしつ | momitasitu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | 紅葉たしぬ | もみたしぬ | momitasinu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | 紅葉たせり 紅葉たしたり |
もみたせり もみたしたり |
momitaseri momitasitari |
| Volitional | 紅葉たさむ | もみたさむ | momitasamu |