あらず

Etymology
From. As a basic verb form, attested in ancient sources such as the  of 759.

The interjection senses appear later in the historical record, with the sense attested from around the late 800s in the ' as a shortening of the phrase,  and the  sense attested from roughly the late 900s as recorded in '.

Derived from the copula as the regular negative form, from the  of ara- + negative auxiliary suffix.

Verb

 * 1) * 1888,
 * 2) * 1922,
 * 1) * 1922,
 * 1) * 1922,

Usage notes

 * The equative 'X is not Y' sense, being the negative form of にあり, always follows the copular particle, sometimes in combination with contrastive topic particle . The existential sense may stand isolated.

Interjection

 * 1)    no, wrong
 * 2)    never mind