まほし

Japanese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ho̞ɕi]

Suffix

まほし • (-mahoshi) 

  1. (archaic) following the irrealis stem of verbs
    1. to want (to do); to hope (to do)
      Synonym: たい
    2. (only used after ある) I wish that; it is desirable that
      • 1349, 吉田兼好, 『徒然草』 52
        先(せん)達(だつ)はあらまほしきことなり
        sendatsu wa aramahoshiki koto nari
        It is better to have someone guiding you.

Inflection
Classical conjugation of "まほし" (シク活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) まほしく[1]
まほしから[2]		まほしく
まほしから		-mafosiku
-mafosikara
Continuative (連用形) まほしく[1]
まほしかり[2]		まほしく
まほしかり		-mafosiku
-mafosikari
Terminal (終止形) まほしまほし-mafosi
Attributive (連体形) まほしき
まほしかる		まほしき
まほしかる		-mafosiki
-mafosikaru
Realis (已然形) まほしけれまほしけれ-mafosikere
Imperative (命令形) まほしかれまほしかれ-mafosikare
Key constructions
Negative まほしからずまほしからず-mafosikarazu
Contrasting conjunction まほしけれどまほしけれど-mafosikeredo
Causal conjunction まほしければまほしければ-mafosikereba
Conditional conjunction まほしくばまほしくば-mafosikuba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) まほしかりきまほしかりき-mafosikariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) まほしかりけりまほしかりけり-mafosikarikeri
Adverbial まほしくまほしく-mafosiku
[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.
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