だす

Japanese

Etymology 1

Verb

For pronunciation and definitions of だす – see the following entry.

【出す】 [verb] to take out, to get out [verb] to put forth; to show or reveal [verb] to submit, to turn in [verb] to publish, to make public [verb] to demonstrate, to show [verb] to send something, like a letter [verb] to begin, give rise to [verb] to permeate [verb] (of food) to serve [verb] to emit (light), to utter (a sound or a voice) [verb] (vulgar) (specifically) to ejaculate [suffix] to begin to do something [suffix] (with movement verbs) out

(This term, だす (dasu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

See also

• 出(で)る (deru) (reciprocal)

Etymology 2

Likely from で +‎ やす. See further etymology at です.

Verb

だす • (dasu) 

1. (Osaka, archaic or obsolete elsewhere) synonym of です (desu)

Usage notes

Traditional polite form of the auxiliary verb だ; compare です, である. Largely obsolete since the Meiji period, but still used in dialects of the Osaka area.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "だす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	でしょ では	desho de wa
Continuative (連用形)	だし	dashi
Terminal (終止形)	だす	dasu
Attributive (連体形)	だす	dasu
Hypothetical (仮定形)	-	-
Imperative (命令形)	-	-
Key constructions
Passive	-	-
Causative	-	-
Potential	-	-
Volitional	でしょう	deshō
Negative	ではない じゃない¹ でない	de wa nai ja nai¹ de nai
Negative continuative	ではなくて じゃなくて¹	de wa nakute ja nakute¹
Formal	-	-
Perfective	だした	dashita
Conjunctive	だして	dashite
Hypothetical conditional	-	-
¹ Colloquial contraction

Etymology 3

Shift from だつ (datsu).

Noun

だす • (dasu) 

1. synonym of 駄津 (datsu, “needlefish”)

References

• “だす”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006