ナリ活用

Japanese

From なり (nari, “to be”, archaic) +‎ 活用 (katsuyō, “declension, inflection”).

The classical verb nari itself is a contraction of particle に (ni) and classical verb あり (ari).

ナリ活用(かつよう) • (nari katsuyō) ^{←なりくわつよう (narikwatuyou)^?}

(Classical Japanese grammar) an adjective inflection class with the following inflections: -nara/-nari (or ni)/-nari/-naru/-nare/-nare

Archaic	未然形 Irrealis	連用形 Adverbial	終止形 Conclusive	連体形 Attributive	已然形 Realis	命令形 Imperative
静か (shizuka, “quiet, calm”)	静かなら (shizuka nara)	静かなり (shizuka nari) 静かに (shizuka ni)	静かなり (shizuka nari)	静かなる (shizuka naru)	静かなれ (shizuka nare)	静かなれ (shizuka nare)
遥か (haruka, “far, distant”)	遥かなら (haruka nara)	遥かなり (haruka nari) 遥かに (haruka ni)	遥かなり (haruka nari)	遥かなる (haruka naru)	遥かなれ (haruka nare)	遥かなれ (haruka nare)
丁寧 (teinei, “polite, careful”)	丁寧なら (teinei nara)	丁寧なり (teinei nari) 丁寧に (teinei ni)	丁寧なり (teinei nari)	丁寧なる (teinei naru)	丁寧なれ (teinei nare)	丁寧なれ (teinei nare)

Adjectives in this class are superseded by the な (-na) inflection in modern Japanese.

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