潔う
いさぎよう · isagiyoi
i-adjective 連用形
潔う is the masu-stem of 潔い — gracious (defeat, apology, etc.), graceful, honourable (e.g. death), noble, gallant, brave, manly, sportsmanlike.
- upright, righteous, honest, pure (heart), innocent
How it’s built
潔い
潔う
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).
潔い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 潔い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 潔い
| Negative (ない形) | 潔くないいさぎよくない |
| Past (た形) | 潔かったいさぎよかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 潔くなかったいさぎよくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 潔くていさぎよくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 潔くいさぎよく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 潔いいさぎよい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 潔ければいさぎよければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 潔かったらいさぎよかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 潔くなるいさぎよくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 潔すぎるいさぎよすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
潔けれ潔きゃ潔けりゃ潔からう潔かろ潔かろう潔かろふ潔い潔え潔く潔かっSave your words
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