茂さぶ

Japanese[edit]

Alternative spelling
繁さぶ

茂(しみ) (shimi, “growing thickly”, an element also found in 茂(しみ)に (shimini)^[1]) + さぶ (-sabu, “to act like, to become like (the noun suffixed)^[1]^[2]”, a suffix which forms upper bigrade conjugation verbs from nouns,^[1]^[2] superseded by さびる (-sabiru))

茂(しみ)さぶ • (shimisabu) intransitive ^†nidan

Classical conjugation of "茂さぶ" (バ行上二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	茂さび	しみさび	simisabi
Continuative (連用形)	茂さび	しみさび	simisabi
Terminal (終止形)	茂さぶ	しみさぶ	simisabu
Attributive (連体形)	茂さぶる	しみさぶる	simisaburu
Realis (已然形)	茂さぶれ	しみさぶれ	simisabure
Imperative (命令形)	茂さびよ	しみさびよ	simisabiyo
Key constructions
Negative	茂さびず	しみさびず	simisabizu
Contrasting conjunction	茂さぶれど	しみさぶれど	simisaburedo
Causal conjunction	茂さぶれば	しみさぶれば	simisabureba
Conditional conjunction	茂さびば	しみさびば	simisabiba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	茂さびき	しみさびき	simisabiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	茂さびけり	しみさびけり	simisabikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	茂さびつ	しみさびつ	simisabitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	茂さびぬ	しみさびぬ	simisabinu
Perfect-continuative tense	茂さびたり	しみさびたり	simisabitari
Volitional	茂さびむ	しみさびむ	simisabimu

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “茂さぶ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN