ばばっちい

Japanese

Etymology

Shift from earlier otherwise-unattested adjective *糞しい (babashii, literally “poopy”), from 糞 (baba, “poopoo”, childish term; compare English poopoo) +‎ しい (-shii, adjective-forming suffix).[1][2] Appears in texts from the early 1800s.[3]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ばばっち​い [bàbátchíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ba̠ba̠t̚t͡ɕiː]

Adjective

ばばっちい • (babatchii) -i (adverbial ばばっちく (babatchiku))

  1. (informal, childish) dirty, unclean

Inflection
Inflection of ばばっちい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) ばばっちかろ babatchikaro
Continuative (連用形) ばばっちく babatchiku
Terminal (終止形) ばばっちい babatchii
Attributive (連体形) ばばっちい babatchii
Hypothetical (仮定形) ばばっちけれ babatchikere
Imperative (命令形) ばばっちかれ babatchikare
Key constructions
Informal negative ばばっちくない babatchiku nai
Informal past ばばっちかった babatchikatta
Informal negative past ばばっちくなかった babatchiku nakatta
Formal ばばっちいです babatchii desu
Formal negative ばばっちくないです babatchiku nai desu
Formal past ばばっちかったです babatchikatta desu
Formal negative past ばばっちくなかったです babatchiku nakatta desu
Conjunctive ばばっちくて babatchikute
Conditional ばばっちければ babatchikereba
Provisional ばばっちかったら babatchikattara
Volitional ばばっちかろう babatchikarō
Adverbial ばばっちく babatchiku
Degree ばばっちさ babatchisa

Derived terms

References
  1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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