黒い

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
黒
くろ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
黑い (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] See noun 黒 for details.

This adjective was rendered in Old Japanese following ク活用 (ku katsuyō, “-ku conjugation”). Over time this shifted to an -i adjective, via the 連用形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of such, as all other -ku adjectives.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くろ​い [kùróꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞i]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "黒い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 黒く く​ろく
くろ​く
[kúꜜròkù]
[kùróꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 黒い くろ​い [kùróꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 黒い くろ​い [kùróꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 黒くない く​ろくない
くろ​くない
[kúꜜròkùnàì]
[kùróꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 黒かった く​ろかった
くろ​かった
[kúꜜròkàttà]
[kùróꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 黒くなかった く​ろくなかった
くろ​くなかった
[kúꜜròkùnàkàttà]
[kùróꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 黒いです くろ​いです [kùróꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 黒くて く​ろくて
くろ​くて
[kúꜜròkùtè]
[kùróꜜkùtè]
Conditional 黒ければ く​ろければ
くろ​ければ
[kúꜜròkèrèbà]
[kùróꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

黒(くろ)い • (kuroi) -i (adverbial 黒(くろ)く (kuroku))

  1. black

Inflection

See also

References

  1. “黒”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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