てがたい

Japanese

Alternative spelling
手堅い

Etymology

From 手(て) (te) + 堅(かた)い (katai). The katai changes to gatai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てがたい [tègátáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
(Tokyo) てがたい [tègátáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [te̞ɡa̠ta̠i]

Adjective

てがたい • (tegatai) ^{←てがたい (tegatai)^?}-i (adverbial てがたく (tegataku))

sound, safe, solid, infallible, dependable
手(て)堅(がた)いシステム
tegatai shisutemu
solid system

Inflection

Inflection of てがたい

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	てがたかろ	tegatakaro
Continuative (連用形)	てがたく	tegataku
Terminal (終止形)	てがたい	tegatai
Attributive (連体形)	てがたい	tegatai
Hypothetical (仮定形)	てがたけれ	tegatakere
Imperative (命令形)	てがたかれ	tegatakare
Key constructions
Informal negative	てがたくない	tegataku nai
Informal past	てがたかった	tegatakatta
Informal negative past	てがたくなかった	tegataku nakatta
Formal	てがたいです	tegatai desu
Formal negative	てがたくないです	tegataku nai desu
Formal past	てがたかったです	tegatakatta desu
Formal negative past	てがたくなかったです	tegataku nakatta desu
Conjunctive	てがたくて	tegatakute
Conditional	てがたければ	tegatakereba
Provisional	てがたかったら	tegatakattara
Volitional	てがたかろう	tegatakarō
Adverbial	てがたく	tegataku
Degree	てがたさ	tegatasa

References

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

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