貴く
たっとく · tattoku
JLPT N1 i-adjective 連用形
貴く is the masu-stem of 貴い — precious, valuable, priceless.
- noble, exalted, sacred
How it’s built
貴い
貴く
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.
貴い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 貴い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 貴い
| Negative (ない形) | 貴くないとうとくない |
| Past (た形) | 貴かったとうとかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 貴くなかったとうとくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 貴くてとうとくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) ← this one | 貴くとうとく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 貴いとうとい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 貴ければとうとければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 貴かったらとうとかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 貴くなるとうとくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 貴すぎるとうとすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
貴けれ貴きゃ貴けりゃ貴かろ貴かろう貴かろふ貴い貴え貴う貴かっSave your words
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