吝う
しおう · shiou
i-adjective 連用形
吝う is the masu-stem of 吝い — stingy, cheap, very frugal.
How it’s built
吝い
吝う
Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.
This spelling is the version with う (sound change, mostly in polite or older speech).
吝い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 吝い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 吝い
| Negative (ない形) | 吝くないしわくない |
| Past (た形) | 吝かったしわかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 吝くなかったしわくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 吝くてしわくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 吝くしわく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 吝いしわい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 吝ければしわければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 吝かったらしわかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 吝くなるしわくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 吝すぎるしわすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
吝けれ吝きゃ吝けりゃ吝かろ吝かろう吝かろふ吝い吝え吝吝く吝かっSave your words
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