User talk:Cnilep/Archive/12 October 2014

Thanks for your Wiktionary contributions
I appreciate your contributions to taxonomic name pages and to those for vernacular names of living things. But I don't want to have to thank you more than once a day for your efforts!

When you do add images, one consideration is whether the images might help someone understand why the name, especially the specific epithet, has been applied. Of course, there are other considerations as well. Links to the commons category using the "comcatlite" template can help users get more visual help. Thanks again. DCDuring (talk) 19:41, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

なつかし
Hello Chad --

I just stumbled across your creation of the なつかし entry. Your edit summary says, "Shogakukan includes it as an alternate form of 懐かしい". I'm curious which edition you're using? I've got the electronic version of the big honker, the Newly Revised version of the 国語大辞典 from 1988. This one lists 懐かし with a pointer to 懐かしい:

なつかし【懐かし】 〔形シク〕⇒ なつかしい（懐）

The notation is a bit cryptic, but the 〔形シク〕 bit indicates that 懐かし is the older terminal (sentence-ending) form, equating to modern 懐かしい. All the modern -しい adjectives used to have terminal forms ending in just -し instead. (Forgive me if this is all old hat to you; I figure it's better to be plain where possible. :)

Does your source state anything different? Would you be amenable if I were to rework the なつかし entry? -- Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 08:21, 10 October 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure which edition of Shogakukan it was; I consulted it in the campus library. Of course I won't mind if you can improve the entry. That is the nature of Wiktionary. Thanks, Cnilep (talk) 22:56, 11 October 2014 (UTC)