いし

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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

Particle

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いし (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
      KO2TO2 KI1YO1KU ITAKU mo NA IPI1 SO2 PI1TO2PI1 dani KI1MI1 i si NAKUPA TAPE2GATAKI1 kamo
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 797: Shoku Nihongi (edict 13)
      是以王多知大臣子等治賜伊自天皇朝仕奉婆婆仕奉爾波可在
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 797: Shoku Nihongi (edict 13)
      故是以子心成伊自爾波可在
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
See also
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Etymology 2

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Reading for various terms.

For pronunciation and definitions of いし – see the following entries.
1
[noun] a stone
[noun] (slang, electronics) a transistor
医師
[noun] (medicine) doctor
倚子
[noun] Original form of 椅子
異志
[noun] exceptionally good will; will that is different from others
意志
[noun] will (intention or decision)
意思
[noun] intention; intent; purpose; mind; a wish
遺志
[noun] will of the deceased; one's intent after death
縊死
[noun] death by hanging
闈司
[proper noun] (history) a 律令 (ritsuryō) position in the 後宮 (Kōkyū, Seraglio) that manages receipts and the key to the imperial gate
懿旨
[noun] (archaic) decree from an empress, empress dowager or grand empress dowager
(This term, いし (ishi), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as いし, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いし.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 以次, 位子, 胃歯, 移徙, 違旨, 遺子, 遺旨, 遺址, 遺屍, 頤指.)

References

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Okinawan

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Noun

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いし (ishi

  1. : stone