相容れない

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あい
Grade: 3

Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
相いれない
相入れない

Etymology

Derived as the plain negative inflection of now-obsolete verb 相容れる (aiireru, to go together, to match, to be compatible).[1][2][3]

First attested in the alternative negative conjugation aiirezaru in 1870.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a̠iiɾe̞na̠i]

Adjective

(あい)()れない (aiirenai) あひいれない (afiirenai)?-i (adverbial (あい)()れなく (aiirenaku))

  1. [from 1870] incompatible (with)
    (みず)()相容(あいい)れない
    Mizu to hi wa aiirenai.
    Water and fire are incompatible.

Inflection

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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