嗣い
つい · tsui
JLPT N1 verb 連用形
嗣い is the masu-stem of 嗣ぐ — to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.), to inherit, to take over, to follow.
- to patch (clothes), to mend, to repair
- to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire), to replenish with, to feed with, to follow up with (e.g. remarks), to gather (one's breath)
How it’s built
嗣ぐ
嗣い
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 い (sound change before て/た): 書い → 書いて.
嗣ぐ is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.
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Three more forms of 嗣ぐ. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 嗣ぐ
| Polite (ます形) | 嗣ぎますつぎます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 嗣ぎませんつぎません |
| Polite past (ました) | 嗣ぎましたつぎました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 嗣ぎませんでしたつぎませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 嗣ぎましょうつぎましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 嗣ぎつぎ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 嗣ぎたいつぎたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 嗣ぎながらつぎながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 嗣いでついで |
| Plain past (た形) | 嗣いだついだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 嗣いだらついだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 嗣いでいるついでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 嗣がないつがない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 嗣がなかったつがなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 嗣がなくてつがなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 嗣げるつげる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 嗣げばつげば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 嗣げつげ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 嗣ごうつごう |
| Passive (受身形) | 嗣がれるつがれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 嗣がせるつがせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 嗣がされるつがされる |
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Other forms and spellings
嗣がう嗣ご嗣ごう嗣ごっ嗣ごふ嗣が嗣ぐ嗣ぎ嗣ぎゃSave your words
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