ラ行変格活用

Compound of ラ行 (ra-gyō, “ra-row”) +‎ 変格活用 (henkaku katsuyō, “irregular conjugation”).

• (Tokyo) ら​ぎょーへんかくか​つよー [ráꜜgyòò hèńkákú káꜜtsùyòò] (Atamadaka + Nakadaka – [1]-[5])[1]

• (Tokyo) らぎょーへんかくか​つよー [ràgyóó héńkákú káꜜtsùyòò] (Nakadaka – [8])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠ɡʲo̞ː hẽ̞ŋka̠kɯ̟ᵝ ka̠t͡sɨᵝjo̞ː]

ラ行変格活用(ぎょうへんかくかつよう) • (ra-gyō henkaku katsuyō) ^{←らぎやうへんかくくわつよう (ra-gyau fenkaku kwatuyou)?}

1. (Classical Japanese grammar) a verbal conjugation class in which the verb stem ends in r- with four irregular bases: -a, -i, -u, and -e

   Synonyms: ラ行変格 (ra-gyō henkaku), ラ変 (ra-hen)

• Verbs in this class are superseded by the 五段活用 (godan katsuyō, “quintigrade conjugation”) in modern Japanese.
• Fragments of あり (ari) survive in modern Japanese, such as in いらっしゃる (irassharu, “to go (somewhere)”), ござる (gozaru, “to be”, polite), and 下さる (kudasaru, “to give”).