寡く
すくなく · sukunaku
JLPT N5 i-adjective 連用形
寡く is the masu-stem of 寡い — few, little, small (amount), low, scarce, insufficient, seldom, rare.
How it’s built
寡い
寡く
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.
寡い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 寡い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 寡い
| Negative (ない形) | 寡くないすくなくない |
| Past (た形) | 寡かったすくなかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 寡くなかったすくなくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 寡くてすくなくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) ← this one | 寡くすくなく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 寡いすくない |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 寡ければすくなければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 寡かったらすくなかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 寡くなるすくなくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 寡すぎるすくなすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
寡けれ寡きゃ寡けりゃ寡かろ寡かろう寡かろふ寡い寡え寡寡う寡かっSave your words
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