まばら

Japanese
Alternative spellings
疎ら
疏ら

Etymology

/ma abara/ → /mabara/

Originally a compound of 間 (ma, “interval, gap, space between”) +‎ あばら (abara, “widely spaced, with large gaps, wide open”).[1][2]

First cited to a text from 1086.[3]

Pronunciation

Adjective

まばら • (mabara) ←まばら (mabara)? -na (adnominal まばらな (mabara na), adverbial まばらに (mabara ni))

  1. [from 1086] barren, sparse, thin, straggling, scattered
    人(ひと)通(どお)りがまばらな商(しょう)店(てん)街(がい)
    hitodōri ga mabara na shōtengai
    a shopping arcade where passers-by are sparse

Inflection
Inflection of まばら
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) まばらだろ mabara daro
Continuative (連用形) まばらで mabara de
Terminal (終止形) まばらだ mabara da
Attributive (連体形) まばらな mabara na
Hypothetical (仮定形) まばらなら mabara nara
Imperative (命令形) まばらであれ mabara de are
Key constructions
Informal negative まばらではない
まばらじゃない		 mabara de wa nai
mabara ja nai
Informal past まばらだった mabara datta
Informal negative past まばらではなかった
まばらじゃなかった		 mabara de wa nakatta
mabara ja nakatta
Formal まばらです mabara desu
Formal negative まばらではありません
まばらじゃありません		 mabara de wa arimasen
mabara ja arimasen
Formal past まばらでした mabara deshita
Formal negative past まばらではありませんでした
まばらじゃありませんでした		 mabara de wa arimasen deshita
mabara ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive まばらで mabara de
Conditional まばらなら（ば） mabara nara (ba)
Provisional まばらだったら mabara dattara
Volitional まばらだろう mabara darō
Adverbial まばらに mabara ni
Degree まばらさ mabarasa

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth 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
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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