What kind of conjugation is used here? 「取らじ」


Just encountered in some Japanese text. I understand it's conjugated in the
base negative form of the verb but I'm baffled as to what the じ means.




It's a Classical Japanese particle, nowadays only used as frequent as
"methinks".

It means exactly what _must not_ (as in 'I suppose the pie must not be ready
yet') does in English, and attaches to Classical 未然形 of a verb or adjective
(that is, the form which the negative -ず and -ぬ appends to).

See: [the entry of
じ](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/92527/m1u/%E3%81%98/) in a Japanese-
Japanese dictionary




It's a Classical Japanese particle, nowadays only used as frequent as
"methinks".

It means exactly what _must not_ (as in 'I suppose the pie must not be ready
yet') does in English, and attaches to Classical 未然形 of a verb or adjective
(that is, the form which the negative -ず and -ぬ appends to).

See: [the entry of
じ](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/92527/m1u/%E3%81%98/) in a Japanese-
Japanese dictionary

