Editing Classical Japanese (section)

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Adjectival verbs are essentially nouns(or stems of the adjectives) combined with an auxiliary verb, either {{nihongo2|～なり}} (-''nar-i'') or {{nihongo2|～たり}} (-''tar-i'').

Most tari-adjectival nouns are derived from [[Sino-Japanese vocabulary]]. For example,「{{Lang|ja|{{Ruby|悄|せう}}{{Ruby|然|ぜん}}たり}}」 is derived from 「{{lang|zh|悄然}}」, a [[Middle Chinese|Chinese]] word meaning “quietly, softly”.

The auxiliary verbs are derived from directional particles {{nihongo2|に}} (''ni'') + {{nihongo2|～有り}} (-''ar-i'') and {{nihongo2|と}} (''to'') + {{nihongo2|～有り}} (-''ar-i''), respectively, yielding {{nihongo2|にあり}} (''niar-i'') and {{nihongo2|とあり}} (''toar-i''), respectively, which then lead to {{nihongo2|なり}} (''nar-i'') and {{nihongo2|たり}} (''tar-i''), respectively, by regular sound change rules. They therefore follow the R-irregular conjugation like {{nihongo2|有り}} (''ar-i'').

As with adjectives, the imperative form is rare, but is used.