いし

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Particle 1.1.1.1 See also 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 References

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology 1

Compound of i (“‘emphatic marker’”) and shi. As -i was archaic even in Old Japanese, -si was attached to supplement it.

[edit] Particle

いし (romaji ishi)

1. emphatic nominative case marker
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 4, poem #537)

   事清 甚毛莫言 一日太尓 君伊之哭者 痛寸敢物

   • 797: Shoku Nihongi (edict #13)

   是以王_多知大臣_乃子等治賜_伊自天皇朝_爾仕奉_利婆婆_爾仕奉_爾波可在

   • 797: Shoku Nihongi (edict #13)

   故是以子_波祖_乃心成_伊自子_爾波可在

[edit] See also

• いは (iwa)
• いも (imo)

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Noun

いし (romaji ishi)

1. 石: stone
2. 医師: doctor
3. 意志: will
4. 意思: intention

[edit] References

• Kurano, Kenji (1936). Shoku Nihongi Senmyō (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-00-300381-0.
• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki [c. 759] (1999). Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man'yōshū 1 (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-00-240001-8.