莫邪

Chinese

do not; there is none who demonical; iniquitous; nefarious
simp. and trad.
(莫邪)		 莫 邪
alt. forms
 
莫耶
鏌耶／镆耶
鏌鎁／镆鎁
鏌邪／镆邪
鏌鋣／镆鋣
鏌釾／镆釾

Etymology

Resemblance to Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz (“sword”) has been noted by some.[1]

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 莫 邪
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 鐸 (103) 麻 (100)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 慕各切 以遮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /mɑk̚/ /jia/
Pan
Wuyun		 /mɑk̚/ /jia/
Shao
Rongfen		 /mɑk̚/ /ia/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /mak̚/ /jia/
Li
Rong		 /mɑk̚/ /ia/
Wang
Li		 /mɑk̚/ /jĭa/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mɑk̚/ /i̯a/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 mò yé
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 莫 邪
Reading # 1/2 4/4
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 mò yé
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ mak › ‹ yæ ›
Old
Chinese		 /*mˤak/ /*[ɢ](r)A/
English there is no X such that X (interrogative particle)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 莫 邪
Reading # 1/1 2/2
No. 9252 14197
Phonetic
component		 莫 牙
Rime
group		 鐸 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 莫 邪
Old
Chinese		 /*maːɡ/ /*laː/
Notes 從日在茻中，暮初文，小徐茻亦聲 俗作耶

Proper noun

莫邪

  1. Mo Ye, wife of Gan Jiang (干將), a female swordsmith who lived during the Spring and Autumn period in Chinese history.
  2. (historical) Mo Ye, one of a pair of legendary swords made by this swordsmith couple.

Noun

莫邪

  1. (literary, figuratively) any sharp sword

Derived terms

  • 莫邪鈍，鉛刀銛／莫邪钝，铅刀铦

References

  1. ↑ Language Log – Of precious swords and Old Sinitic reconstructions (part 1, part 2).
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