気にするまいと思っても、気にせずにはいられない。
In above sentence, I guess せず means しない, but what is the original form, and how does it become せず?
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2Mildly related reading: japanese.stackexchange.com/q/12644. See also: japanese.stackexchange.com/q/235 and japanese.stackexchange.com/q/2840.– senshinDec 7, 2015 at 19:18
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@senshin The 2nd link is very useful.– EricDec 7, 2015 at 19:29
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The second link probably needs another answer…– user1478Dec 7, 2015 at 19:36
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The -ず form of a verb means "without doing" and is roughly equivalent to ないで. It's not a contraction of anything and is a verb form on its own.
The -ず form is formed by taking the -ない form of a verb and replacing the -ない with -ず. For the irregular verbs, する becomes せず and [来]{く}る becomes [来]{こ}ず.
what is the original form
The verb する.
and how does it become せず?
ず is an auxiliary verb ([助動詞]{じょどうし}) which attaches to the [未然形]{みぜんけい} of the verb. せ is one 未然形 of する and is the one which ず attaches to.
