鼾く
Japanese
    
| Kanji in this term | 
|---|
| 鼾 | 
| いび Hyōgaiji | 
| kun’yomi | 
Etymology
    
Originally a compound of 息 (i, “breath, breathing”) + 引く (hiku, “to pull, to draw”).[1][2] The hiku changes to biku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ibʲikɯ̟ᵝ]
Verb
    
鼾く • (ibiku) intransitive godan (stem 鼾き (ibiki), past 鼾いた (ibiita))
- (probably obsolete) to snore
Usage notes
    
This is more commonly expressed using the verbal phrases 鼾を掻く (ibiki o kaku, literally “to make a snoring sound”) or 鼾を立てる (ibiki o tateru, literally “to raise a snore, to put up a snore”).
Conjugation
    
Conjugation of "鼾く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 鼾か | いびか | ibika | 
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 鼾き | いびき | ibiki | 
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 鼾く | いびく | ibiku | 
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 鼾く | いびく | ibiku | 
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 鼾け | いびけ | ibike | 
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 鼾け | いびけ | ibike | 
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 鼾かれる | いびかれる | ibikareru | 
| Causative | 鼾かせる 鼾かす | いびかせる いびかす | ibikaseru ibikasu | 
| Potential | 鼾ける | いびける | ibikeru | 
| Volitional | 鼾こう | いびこう | ibikō | 
| Negative | 鼾かない | いびかない | ibikanai | 
| Negative continuative | 鼾かず | いびかず | ibikazu | 
| Formal | 鼾きます | いびきます | ibikimasu | 
| Perfective | 鼾いた | いびいた | ibiita | 
| Conjunctive | 鼾いて | いびいて | ibiite | 
| Hypothetical conditional | 鼾けば | いびけば | ibikeba | 
Synonyms
    
- 鼾する (ibiki suru)
References
    
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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