ばっちい

Japanese

Etymology

Shortening of ばばっちい (babatchii) of same meaning.[1][2][3] Appears in texts from the early 1980s.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ばっち​い [bàtchíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ba̠t̚t͡ɕiː]

Adjective

ばっちい • (batchii) -i (adverbial ばっちく (batchiku))

  1. (informal, childish) dirty, unclean

Inflection
Inflection of ばっちい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) ばっちかろ batchikaro
Continuative (連用形) ばっちく batchiku
Terminal (終止形) ばっちい batchii
Attributive (連体形) ばっちい batchii
Hypothetical (仮定形) ばっちけれ batchikere
Imperative (命令形) ばっちかれ batchikare
Key constructions
Informal negative ばっちくない batchiku nai
Informal past ばっちかった batchikatta
Informal negative past ばっちくなかった batchiku nakatta
Formal ばっちいです batchii desu
Formal negative ばっちくないです batchiku nai desu
Formal past ばっちかったです batchikatta desu
Formal negative past ばっちくなかったです batchiku nakatta desu
Conjunctive ばっちくて batchikute
Conditional ばっちければ batchikereba
Provisional ばっちかったら batchikattara
Volitional ばっちかろう batchikarō
Adverbial ばっちく batchiku
Degree ばっちさ batchisa

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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