noun
r-irregular conjugation; r-stem irregular conjugation
Abbreviation of ラ行変格活用. Refers to the classical Japanese verb conjugation class for verbs like あり, をり, はべり, and いまそかり, which had an r-stem and irregular endings.
See also: ラ行変格活用
古典文法では、ラ変は「あり」「をり」などの動詞の活用の種類です。
In classical Japanese grammar, ラ変 is the conjugation type for verbs like あり and をり.
Full term for the same conjugation class; ラ変 is the common abbreviation.
Abbreviation of ラ行変格活用 (ra-gyō henkaku katsuyō), literally 'ra-row irregular conjugation'.