けり

Old Japanese

suffix
Definitions
  • auxiliary verb indicating past tense: -ed
  • auxiliary verb indicating that the speaker has just realized something
  • auxiliary verb indicating that the speaker already realized something and point out: that's why it was...

Etymology

Com from Old Japanese 來 + Old Japanese ja (government, woman, retainer, time, tree, leave, attendant, enter, leaf, depart, rule, hour, moment, armVerb, person, be)+ Old Japanese 連用形 + Old Japanese stem or continuative form of verb m + Old Japanese ojp (something long and continue, seeing, cord, especially sakeEtymology 2, peak, alcoholic drink)+ Old Japanese 來 + Old Japanese あり (existing), き.

Origin

Old Japanese

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