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Grammar detail: き archaic adjective form
き archaic adjective form
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The き form is an archaic form of
れんたいけい
連体形
(noun-modifying form) of some adjectives. In modern Japanese, the 連体系 form ends in い, and is the same as the dictionary form. The き form is still seen in modern Japanese as a way of creating the impression of archaic or highly literary speech, and persists in one or two terms such as いと
愛
しき.The transition from き (and other sounds in other archaic grammatical forms) to い is known as イ
おんびん
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.Examples:
See also:
- 連体形（れんたいけい） - attributive (noun-modifying) form
- し archaic adjective form
- archaic / classical / historical forms
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