連体

Japanese

Kanji in this term
連 体
れん
Grade: 4
たい
Grade: 2
on’yomi goon
Alternative spelling
連體 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Coined in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 連 (ren, “accompanying”) +‎ 体 (tai, “nominative”, short for 体言 (taigen, “uninflecting word”)).[1][2][3][4]

First cited to a text from 1834.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

連(れん)体(たい) • (rentai) 

  1. [from 1834] (grammar, attributive) attribution (of a quality to a nominative in Japanese grammar)
    Coordinate term: 連用 (ren'yō)
  2. [from 1844] short for 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) or 連体言 (rentaigen, “attributive word”, older synonym for modern rentaikei)

Derived terms

References

  1. “連体”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “連体”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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