吝く
しわく · shiwaku
i-adjective 連用形
吝く is the masu-stem of 吝い — stingy, cheap, very frugal.
How it’s built
吝い
吝く
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.
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) ← this one | 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う吝かっSave your words
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