遮る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遮
さえぎ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology 1

Shift from the older reading さいぎる,[1] from the syncope of the /k/ in さきぎる (sakigiru), from 先 (saki, “in front”) +‎ 切る (kiru, “cut”), literally “to cut off (from) the front”.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) さえぎ​る [sàégíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [sa̠e̞ɡʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "遮る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
遮る さえぎ​る [sàégíꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 遮れ さえぎ​れ [sàégíꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive 遮られる さえぎられ​る [sàégíráréꜜrù]
Causative 遮らせる さえぎらせ​る [sàégíráséꜜrù]
Potential 遮れる さえぎれ​る [sàégíréꜜrù]
Volitional 遮ろう さえぎろ​ー [sàégíróꜜò]
Negative 遮らない さえぎら​ない [sàégíráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 遮らなかった さえぎら​なかった [sàégíráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 遮ります さえぎりま​す [sàégírímáꜜsù]
Perfective 遮った さえぎ​った [sàégíꜜttà]
Conjunctive 遮って さえぎ​って [sàégíꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 遮れば さえぎ​れば [sàégíꜜrèbà]

Verb

遮(さえぎ)る • (saegiru) transitive godan (stem 遮(さえぎ)り (saegiri), past 遮(さえぎ)った (saegitta))

  1. interrupt, intercept, cut into, cut short (a conversation)
    彼(かの)女(じょ)は手(て)で目(め)から日(ひ)差(ざ)しを遮(さえぎ)った。
    Kanojo wa te de me kara hizashi o saegitta.
    She used her hand to screen the sunlight from her eyes.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Old reading of the more modern さえぎる, originally from 先切(さきき)る (sakikiru)[1]

Verb

遮(さいぎ)る • (saigiru) †yodan

  1. See Etymology 1
Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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