"悲し" meaning in Old Japanese

See 悲し in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Proto-Japonic *kanasi- (“emotionally overwhelming”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ojp|jpx-pro|*kanasi-|sort=かなし|t=emotionally overwhelming}} Proto-Japonic *kanasi- (“emotionally overwhelming”) Head templates: {{head|ojp|adjective|kana|かなし|tr=kanasi}} 悲し (kanasi) (kana かなし) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|かな|adj-shiku}} Forms: kanasi [romanization], かなし [hiragana], no-table-tags [table-tags], 悲しく [irrealis, stem], 悲しから [irrealis, stem], かなしく [irrealis, stem], かなしから [irrealis, stem], kanasiku [irrealis, stem], kanasikara [irrealis, stem], 悲しく [continuative, stem], 悲しかり [continuative, stem], かなしく [continuative, stem], かなしかり [continuative, stem], kanasiku [continuative, stem], kanasikari [continuative, stem], 悲し [stem, terminative], かなし [stem, terminative], kanasi [stem, terminative], 悲しき [attributive, stem], 悲しかる [attributive, stem], かなしき [attributive, stem], かなしかる [attributive, stem], kanasiki [attributive, stem], kanasikaru [attributive, stem], 悲しけれ [realis, stem], かなしけれ [realis, stem], kanasikere [realis, stem], 悲しかれ [imperative, stem], かなしかれ [imperative, stem], kanasikare [imperative, stem], 悲しからず [error-unrecognized-form, negative], かなしからず [error-unrecognized-form, negative], kanasikarazu [error-unrecognized-form, negative], 悲しけれど [contrastive, error-unrecognized-form], かなしけれど [contrastive, error-unrecognized-form], kanasikeredo [contrastive, error-unrecognized-form], 悲しければ [causative, error-unrecognized-form], かなしければ [causative, error-unrecognized-form], kanasikereba [causative, error-unrecognized-form], 悲しくば [conditional, error-unrecognized-form], かなしくば [conditional, error-unrecognized-form], kanasikuba [conditional, error-unrecognized-form], 悲しかりき [error-unrecognized-form, past], かなしかりき [error-unrecognized-form, past], kanasikariki [error-unrecognized-form, past], 悲しかりけり [error-unrecognized-form, past], かなしかりけり [error-unrecognized-form, past], kanasikarikeri [error-unrecognized-form, past], 悲しく [adverbial, error-unrecognized-form], かなしく [adverbial, error-unrecognized-form], kanasiku [adverbial, error-unrecognized-form]
  1. sad; sorrowful; griefful
    Sense id: en-悲し-ojp-adj-pOx74B1L
  2. beloved, dear
    Sense id: en-悲し-ojp-adj-hvZau-ni Categories (other): Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Old Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Old Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
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      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "kanashii",
      "word": "悲しい"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Japonic *kanasi- (“emotionally overwhelming”).",
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      "form": "kanasi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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        "hiragana"
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      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "悲しく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悲しから",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かなしく",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "かなしから",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanasiku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanasikara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悲しく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "悲しかり",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
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        "continuative",
        "stem"
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      "form": "かなしかり",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "continuative",
        "stem"
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    },
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      "form": "kanasiku",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "kanasikari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "悲し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "かなし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "kanasi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悲しき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悲しかる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かなしき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "かなしかる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanasiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanasikaru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悲しけれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かなしけれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanasikere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悲しかれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かなしかれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanasikare",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悲しからず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かなしからず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanasikarazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悲しけれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かなしけれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanasikeredo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悲しければ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かなしければ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanasikereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悲しくば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "かなしくば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanasikuba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悲しかりき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かなしかりき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "kanasikariki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "悲しかりけり",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "kanasikarikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "悲しく",
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        "adverbial",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かなしく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanasiku",
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      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ojp",
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        "sad; sorrowful; griefful"
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  ],
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}
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        "stem"
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    {
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        "stem"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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        "stem"
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    {
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        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kanasikere",
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      "tags": [
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        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "悲しかれ",
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        "stem"
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    {
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        "stem"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
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    {
      "form": "kanasikarazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "悲しけれど",
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      "tags": [
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "かなしけれど",
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        "contrastive",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "kanasikeredo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "悲しければ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "かなしければ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "kanasikereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "悲しくば",
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      "tags": [
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "かなしくば",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "kanasikuba",
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        "past"
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ojp",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "kana",
        "4": "かなし",
        "tr": "kanasi"
      },
      "expansion": "悲し (kanasi) (kana かなし)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かな",
        "2": "adj-shiku"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ojp",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sad; sorrowful; griefful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sad",
          "sad"
        ],
        [
          "sorrowful",
          "sorrowful"
        ],
        [
          "griefful",
          "griefful"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beloved, dear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beloved",
          "beloved"
        ],
        [
          "dear",
          "dear"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "悲し"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 悲し meaning in Old Japanese (5.8kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: 悲し/Old Japanese 'Key constructions' base_tags={'stem'}",
  "path": [
    "悲し"
  ],
  "section": "Old Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "悲し",
  "trace": ""
}

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