強ふ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

⟨sipu⟩/ɕiɸu//ɕifu/ → */ɕiwu//ɕiu/

From Old Japanese.

Verb

強ふ(しう) • (shiu) しふ (sifu)?transitive nidan

  1. (Classical Japanese, archaic) to compel, compulse, force

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ()いる (shiiru, modern form)
  • ()ひて (shiite)
  • () (shiyu)
  • ()() (shiisosu)

Old Japanese

Etymology

From a stem sip- possibly cognate with verb 癈ふ (sipu, to lose function (said of body organs)). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Verb

強ふ (sipu) (kana しふ)

  1. to compel, compulse, force

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 誣ふ (sipu)
  • 強ひ語 (sipi2gatari)

Descendants

  • Japanese: 強ふ (shiu)強いる (shiiru)
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