まるい

Japanese

Alternative spellings
丸い
円い

Alternative forms

  • (informal, emphatic) まあるい (mārui)

Etymology

From classical まろし (maroshi). Compare わるい (warui) < わろし (waroshi).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まる​い [màrúꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ɾɯ̟ᵝi]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "丸い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 丸く まるく [màrúkú]
Terminal (終止形) 丸い まるい
まる​い
[màrúí]
[màrúꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 丸い まるい [màrúí]
Key constructions
Informal negative 丸くない まるくな​い [màrúkúnáꜜì]
Informal past 丸かった まる​かった [màrúꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 丸くなかった まるくな​かった [màrúkúnáꜜkàttà]
Formal 丸いです まる​いです [màrúꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 丸くて まる​くて [màrúꜜkùtè]
Conditional 丸ければ まる​ければ [màrúꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

まるい • (marui) -i (adverbial まるく (maruku))

  1. round; circular
  2. (of a person) with a gentle personality

Inflection

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